Booster propulsion is provided by the RD-180 engine system (a single engine with two thrust chambers). The booster’s tanks are structurally rigid and constructed of isogrid aluminum barrels, spun-formed aluminum domes and intertank skirts. The booster is 12.5 ft (3.8 m) in diameter and 106.5 ft (32.5 m) in length. The Centaur forward adapter (CFA) provides structural mountings for the fault-tolerant avionics system and structural and electrical interfaces with the spacecraft. The cryogenic tanks are insulated with a combination of helium-purged blankets, radiation shields and spray-on foam insulation (SOFI). Centaur is a cryogenic vehicle, fueled with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, powered by an RL10C-1 engine producing 22,900 lbs (101.8 kilo-Newtons) of thrust.
Its propellant tanks are pressure-stabilized and constructed of corrosion-resistant stainless steel. The Centaur second stage is 10 ft (3 m) in diameter and 41.5 ft (12.6 m) in length. The vehicle’s height with the 5-meter short PLF is approximately 196 ft (59.7 m). The bisector (two-piece shell) PLF encapsulates both the Centaur and the satellite. The 5-m PLF is a sandwich composite structure made with a vented aluminum-honeycomb core and graphite-epoxy face sheets. The spacecraft is encapsulated in a 17-ft (5-m) diameter short payload fairing. 元Harris Technologies provides the main instrument payload, the Advanced Baseline Imager, along with the ground system, which includes the antenna system for data reception.
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Lockheed Martin designs, produces and tests the GOES-R series satellites. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center oversees the acquisition of the GOES-R spacecraft and instruments and NASA’s Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center manages the launches.
NOAA manages the GOES-R Series program through an integrated NOAA-NASA office, administering the ground system contract, operating the satellites, and distributing their data to users worldwide. This is the third satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, and will continue the revolutionary improvements brought by GOES-R and GOES-S, also launched on ULA’s Atlas V rocket. GOES-T will provide NASA and NOAA with continuous imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s Western Hemisphere, lightning detection and mapping, solar imaging and space weather monitoring. Liftoff will occur from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. The mission is conducted in collaboration with NASA. The optimized orbit places GOES-T closer to its final destination thereby conserving the satellite’s fuel supply for a longer mission life. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 541 rocket will deliver the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-T spacecraft to an optimized geosynchronous transfer orbit.
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