NASA Marshall Invites Media to View Weather Satellite Receiving Station

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Sep 19, 2018, 17:15 ET

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Sept. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is inviting media Sept. 21 to view a high-performance ground system that receives data from NOAA's most sophisticated Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), known as the GOES-R series.

The new GOES-R receiving station expands NASA's capability to use real-time data from space to study Earth's weather and deliver new forecasting, warning and disaster response tools to partners around the world.

A ribbon cutting event begins 10 a.m. CDT at Marshall's Activities Building 4316. Media will have the opportunity to view the antenna system and to participate in on-location interviews with NASA and NOAA officials.

Speakers will include:

Paul McConnaughey, Associate Director, NASA Marshall
Jack Kaye, Director, Research and Analysis Program, NASA Headquarters
Tsengdar Lee, Weather Focus Area lead, NASA Headquarters
Gary Jedlovec, Chief, Earth Science Branch, NASA/MSFC
Steve Goodman, GOES-R Chief Scientist (retired), NOAA
Brian Carcione, Science and Operations Officer, National Weather Service Huntsville Forecast Office, NOAA

Media interested in covering the event should contact Molly Porter in Marshall's Office of Communications at [email protected] or 256-424-5158 by 5 p.m. CDT Sept. 20.

Media will need photo identification and must report to the Redstone Arsenal Joint Visitor Control Center at Gate 9, Interstate 565 interchange at Rideout Road/Research Park Boulevard by 9 a.m. CDT for badging. Vehicles are subject to a security search at the gate.

The GOES-R series program is a joint effort of NASA and NOAA to develop, deploy and operate the satellites. The program is managed by NOAA with an integrated NOAA-NASA program office organization, staffed with personnel from both agencies, and supported by industry.

To learn more about the Marshall Center's GOES receiving station, visit

https://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/goes

To learn more about GOES-R, visit

https://www.goes-r.gov

SOURCE NASA