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Title: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: ValentineWeather on November 19, 2016, 05:17:06 PM
Live stream...https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#public
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: CW2274 on November 19, 2016, 05:38:39 PM
What's the four towers? Static arrestors?
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: CW2274 on November 19, 2016, 05:40:55 PM
What's the four towers? Static arrestors?
Lightening (rod) towers.
8-)
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: ValentineWeather on November 19, 2016, 05:43:14 PM
Possibly, I should know my recently deceased father in-law was with NASA mission control for years.
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: CW2274 on November 19, 2016, 05:43:55 PM
Getting dark. This should really be beautiful, IF they get her to fly...
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: ValentineWeather on November 19, 2016, 05:45:20 PM
What's the four towers? Static arrestors?
Lightening (rod) towers.

Big static arrestors  ;)
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: CW2274 on November 19, 2016, 05:45:56 PM
Possibly, I should know my recently deceased father in-law was with NASA mission control for years.
Sorry for that.
I ate, drank, breathed NASA when I was a kid. =D>
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: ocala on November 19, 2016, 05:52:34 PM
Guys I am standing in an open field looking due east with clear skies!
5:57 is launch time.
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: ValentineWeather on November 19, 2016, 05:52:51 PM
Possibly, I should know my recently deceased father in-law was with NASA mission control for years.
Sorry for that.
I ate, drank, breathed NASA when I was a kid. =D>

Reason I was in Arizona 4 weeks in September getting my mom moved back to Houston. I've got a bunch of NASA memorabilia now which is really cool.
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: CW2274 on November 19, 2016, 05:57:16 PM
Guys I am standing in an open field looking due east with clear skies!
5:57 is launch time.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh 8-) 8-) 8-)
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: CW2274 on November 19, 2016, 05:59:02 PM
Possibly, I should know my recently deceased father in-law was with NASA mission control for years.
Sorry for that.
I ate, drank, breathed NASA when I was a kid. =D>

Reason I was in Arizona 4 weeks in September getting my mom moved back to Houston. I've got a bunch of NASA memorabilia now which is really cool.
Oh.
If you get a chance to post some pics, I and probably a few others would love to see them!
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: ocala on November 19, 2016, 06:08:51 PM
I am 55 miles from the coast. Need a major zoom to even make a picture look good.
Besides have a dry front moving in now with clouds. If it goes much further I wont see anything.
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: CW2274 on November 19, 2016, 06:14:21 PM
I am 55 miles from the coast. Need a major zoom to even make a picture look good.
You'll still get a look none of us will! =P~ Hopefully...
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: ocala on November 19, 2016, 06:27:07 PM
One last chance at 6:42. Broken clouds now moving
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: ValentineWeather on November 19, 2016, 06:36:16 PM
Possibly, I should know my recently deceased father in-law was with NASA mission control for years.
Sorry for that.
I ate, drank, breathed NASA when I was a kid. =D>

Reason I was in Arizona 4 weeks in September getting my mom moved back to Houston. I've got a bunch of NASA memorabilia now which is really cool.
Oh.
If you get a chance to post some pics, I and probably a few others would love to see them!

Not sure I should put his name out. But here are a couple missions out of many.
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: CW2274 on November 19, 2016, 06:48:03 PM
That was fun! Thank you Randy for the heads up on the launch and the pics too! =D>
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: ValentineWeather on November 19, 2016, 06:51:18 PM
 =D> =D>
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: ocala on November 19, 2016, 06:53:42 PM
That was fun! Thank you Randy for the heads up on the launch and the pics too! =D>
Yes Randy thanks for the heads up.
Night launches are always the best. The clouds moved in but they were broken enough that it was still a good show. :-)
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: CW2274 on November 19, 2016, 06:55:03 PM
That was fun! Thank you Randy for the heads up on the launch and the pics too! =D>
Yes Randy thanks for the heads up.
Night launches are always the best. The clouds moved in but they were broken enough that it was still a good show. :-)
=P~
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: mmorris on November 23, 2016, 05:55:06 AM
Did I hear this right it going to take a year to get GOESR calibrated.
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: Jáchym on November 23, 2016, 05:56:55 AM
:D Year to calibrate, then year to upgrade software, then one-year regular clean-up after 2 yrs in operation and then time to calibrate again :D
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: ValentineWeather on November 23, 2016, 07:03:26 AM
Did I hear this right it going to take a year to get GOESR calibrated.

Wouldn't be surprised when Directv sends a bird up it takes about a year to light up. Everything is done in baby steps.
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: ValentineWeather on January 23, 2017, 10:27:50 AM
First full image from satellite Goes-16 being sent back.

 https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/asset/document/goes_16_first_images_press_release_jan_18_19.pdf
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: Cutty Sark Sailor on January 23, 2017, 11:20:54 AM
http://frankfortweather.us/fwsatgoes16x.php
 :-$
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: ValentineWeather on January 23, 2017, 11:24:39 AM
WOW, very nice  =D>
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: Cutty Sark Sailor on January 23, 2017, 11:51:54 AM
http://frankfortweather.us/fwsatgoes16x.php
 :-$
Here ya go:
[youtube]https://youtu.be/gtOTBPmKcMA[/youtube]
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: ocala on January 23, 2017, 07:23:07 PM
Thanks for posting that link Mike.
Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: Cutty Sark Sailor on January 23, 2017, 07:58:08 PM
On my experimental page link, ( http://frankfortweather.us/fwsatgoes16x.php ) the lower left image is experimental modeling of a sample 'swath'...
"Synthetic Imagery Model Cross Section"
Interesting because on the lower left of the expanded image, you'll see a thumb US map with a diagonal line
through Kansas to Wyoming....
Here's direct link to CIRA RMMB for that model: http://tinyurl.com/zlzb4c3
...the graphics indicate potential temp layers (K), and movement speed (blue 'ellipses')
along that 'sample swath' with the bottom dark line indicating terrain altitude.

Good things coming...
.

Title: Re: GOESR launch in 20 minutes
Post by: LFWX on January 23, 2017, 10:29:48 PM
Just awesome!
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