Boeing Going, Going, GOES…

The Boeing Company has submitted a proposal to NASA for the production of two nexgen Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites. They are known as the 1 series, for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Boeing received a GOES R risk-reduction contract from NASA in 2005 and remains committed to helping NOAA achieve its vision. Boeing builds on its experience as the prime contractor for the current series of geosynchronous environmental satellites, GOES N, O and P. The GOES N program series consists of three, state-of-the-art, imaging spacecraft and the supporting ground command and control elements. The GOES N satellite, known today as “GOES-13,” was launched on a Boeing Delta IV rocket on May 24, 2006. GOES-13 was handed over to the customer following six months of rigorous testing administered by NOAA’s Satellite Operations Control Center in Suitland, Maryland. GOES-O is scheduled to launch later this year—St. Louis, Missouri