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== Launch ==

== Launch ==

The sattelite was rescheduled to be launched in March of 2022 earlier than previously planned in order to replace '''GOES-17''' ''{the previous '''[[GOES|GOES WEST]]''' Satellite which was suffering from a malfunction of a component designed to cool the multi-spectral(many wavelengths) camera onboard (called the Advanced Baseline Imager). The malfunction degraded the quality of certain wavelengths of [[infrared|infrared photographs]] the camera captured.}'' <ref> https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes-t-mission-overview </ref> <ref> https://spacenews.com/noaa-goes-t-to-move-quickly/ </ref>  GOES-T successfully launched into space aboard a 196-foot-tall (59.7-meter) Atlas 5 rocket on March 1 at 4:38 p.m. EST.<ref>https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/03/01/atlas-5-rocket-aces-another-on-target-launch-with-noaa-weather-satellite/</ref>

The sattelite was rescheduled to be launched in March of 2022 earlier than previously planned in order to replace '''GOES-17''' ''{the previous '''[[GOES|GOES WEST]]''' Satellite which was suffering from a malfunction of a component designed to cool the multi-spectral(many wavelengths) camera onboard (called the Advanced Baseline Imager). The malfunction degraded the quality of certain wavelengths of [[infrared|infrared photographs]] the camera captured.}'' <ref> https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes-t-mission-overview </ref> <ref> https://spacenews.com/noaa-goes-t-to-move-quickly/ </ref>  GOES-T successfully launched into space aboard a 196-foot-tall (59.7-meter) Atlas 5 rocket on March 1 at 4:38 p.m. EST.<ref>https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/03/01/atlas-5-rocket-aces-another-on-target-launch-with-noaa-weather-satellite/</ref><ref>Kordina, F. (2022, March). ''GOES-T | Atlas V 541.'' [https://everydayastronaut.com/ Everyday Astronaut.com]. https://everydayastronaut.com/goes-t-atlas-v-541/</ref>

 

== Operation ==

== Operation ==