The new satellite's operation will fall under the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . The latest weather satellite represents"huge advancements in technology," the National Weather Service'sThe new sat is part of a series of imaging orbiters that take visible and infrared images of Earth called GOES-R, short for Geostationary Environmental Observational Satellite - R Series.
The images will be beamed back down to Earth and seen at stations like the Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station on Wallops Island, Virginia. Gregory Johnson, a GOES Ground System Engineer at Wallops, is looking forward to seeing the first images from the latest sat.. “With a new satellite launch, everyone is waiting to see the first image come down. We’re excited to see all this collaboration come together.