WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:20.153 --> 00:00:21.021 The GOES-R series 2 00:00:21.021 --> 00:00:25.442 satellites are NOAA's current generation of geostationary satellites, 3 00:00:25.442 --> 00:00:28.428 and these are the ones that are positioned over the U.S. 4 00:00:28.428 --> 00:00:31.581 continuously so that they can watch for dangerous 5 00:00:31.765 --> 00:00:34.517 environmental conditions and weather that would affect the U.S. 6 00:00:34.818 --> 00:00:43.643 or anybody in the Western Hemisphere. 7 00:00:47.547 --> 00:00:48.164 So, GOES-U 8 00:00:48.164 --> 00:00:52.852 is the last of the GOES-R series satellites, and it will be the one that 9 00:00:53.219 --> 00:00:56.873 when launched, it'll actually go into the eastern location over the U.S.. 10 00:00:57.624 --> 00:01:01.861 From there, it will be watching and taking images as often 11 00:01:01.861 --> 00:01:13.339 as every 30 seconds of dangerous weather that tracks towards the U.S.. 12 00:01:16.376 --> 00:01:17.610 Yeah the GOES-U you satellite 13 00:01:17.610 --> 00:01:20.964 has got a new passenger it's called the compact coronagraph. 14 00:01:21.264 --> 00:01:24.167 It's designed specifically to be looking at the Sun 15 00:01:24.317 --> 00:01:27.570 and looking for coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the Sun. 16 00:01:28.488 --> 00:01:30.507 These CMEs are actually 17 00:01:30.690 --> 00:01:33.710 tons of charged particles that the Sun ejects. 18 00:01:34.043 --> 00:01:37.380 And if they come towards the Earth, they can affect things that people care 19 00:01:37.380 --> 00:01:41.151 about, like the electrical grid, like GPS signals and radio signals. 20 00:01:41.151 --> 00:01:52.345 So it's very important to be forecasting for these events. 21 00:01:55.548 --> 00:01:57.317 Well, the GOES-U satellite, 22 00:01:57.317 --> 00:02:01.404 like the others in the GOES-R series, will have very advanced instrumentation. 23 00:02:01.671 --> 00:02:06.025 It's got a main camera that can look at rapidly forming storms 24 00:02:06.025 --> 00:02:10.547 every 30 seconds, and it's got an advanced lightning mapper that's actually 25 00:02:10.547 --> 00:02:15.835 looking at lightning events across the hemisphere 500 times a second. 26 00:02:16.069 --> 00:02:18.888 And so this combination of instruments really gives 27 00:02:18.888 --> 00:02:21.257 forecasters that real time up to the minute 28 00:02:21.991 --> 00:02:25.378 understanding of what's going on with weather so that they can inform you 29 00:02:25.612 --> 00:02:36.139 about a particular hazard start happening in your neighborhood. 30 00:02:39.492 --> 00:02:40.460 Yeah, just search 31 00:02:40.460 --> 00:02:56.843 social media for @NOAAsatellites and you'll find us there. 32 00:02:59.012 --> 00:03:01.464 Well, it's very important to never run out of weather satellites. 33 00:03:01.464 --> 00:03:05.318 So NOAA is already planning the next generation series called GeoXO. 34 00:03:05.318 --> 00:03:08.688 GeoXO is going to have even more advanced cameras. 35 00:03:08.688 --> 00:03:11.908 It's going to have an ocean color instrument to watch coastal conditions. 36 00:03:12.242 --> 00:03:13.493 It's going to have an air quality 37 00:03:13.493 --> 00:03:17.030 measurement instrument to look for pollution across the U.S.. 38 00:03:17.780 --> 00:03:21.568 And these instruments, in combination with the same kind of instruments 39 00:03:21.568 --> 00:03:24.804 that GOES-R has, will give a very comprehensive view 40 00:03:24.804 --> 00:03:29.192 of all kinds of weather and dangerous conditions across the U.S.. 41 00:03:29.792 --> 00:03:33.663 The GeoXO satellites are actually going to be delivering ten times as much data 42 00:03:33.897 --> 00:03:34.948 as GOES-R does. 43 00:03:34.948 --> 00:03:45.141 So it will do an even better job for the American public. 44 00:03:48.478 --> 00:03:49.062 So the GOES-U 45 00:03:49.062 --> 00:03:52.215 satellite is going to be stationed over the east coast of the U.S. 46 00:03:52.232 --> 00:03:54.317 From there can view the entire U.S.. 47 00:03:54.651 --> 00:03:58.588 It's also got a great view from there of the Caribbean and South America. 48 00:03:58.821 --> 00:04:01.441 And importantly, it will see all the way across the Atlantic, 49 00:04:01.641 --> 00:04:06.029 over to Europe and Africa so that it can see storms like hurricanes 50 00:04:06.029 --> 00:04:16.639 that really start off the coast of Africa and track towards the U.S.. 51 00:04:19.642 --> 00:04:23.162 Geostationary Earth orbit is one where the satellite speed 52 00:04:23.162 --> 00:04:26.733 is going at exactly the same rotation speed as the Earth. 53 00:04:26.733 --> 00:04:30.320 And that means that the satellite is always looking at the same place on Earth. 54 00:04:30.570 --> 00:04:33.890 And so that's really important when you're looking at things like weather 55 00:04:33.890 --> 00:04:37.794 and you want to keep track of storms as they're moving across the U.S. 56 00:04:37.794 --> 00:04:38.544 or other locations.