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GOES-R Series Program UpdateOCONUS Proving Ground Meeting

Anchorage, Alaska

Greg MandtGOES-R System Program DirectorMay 12, 2015

Program Accomplishments: Flight Project

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Program Accomplishments: Flight Project

Mechanical Ground System Equipment (MGSE) in TVAC chamber

Release Mission Management Flight Ready and Release Final Product Set Handover on April 30th!

NSOF antennas complete!

W-2 Feed Assembly installation at WCDAS

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Program Accomplishments: Ground Segment Project

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The Road Ahead:Testing, Testing, Testing…

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The Road to Launch!

• Launching From: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida• Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Atlas V (AV-541)• Pad: Space Launch Complex 41• Launch Date: March 15, 2016• Time: 6:08pm ET

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The Road to Launch!

Launch Guest Ops Planning• Working with NASA and NOAA/NESDIS to organize all launch guest

operations to include:– Guest invitations: process will start ~6 months prior to launch– Guest information packages– Exhibits– Guest briefings and VVIP briefings– Tours– Launch viewing sites and guest transportation

• OSB II – VVIP guests (400 maximum)• Banana Creek – VIP guests (3,500 maximum)• NASA Causeway – VIP guests• Turn Basin – Employee car passes• KARS Park - Public launch viewing site. Non-KARS members charged $5.00 per car.

• Stay tuned for more information as we proceed to launch

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Post-Launch Testing & Validation

• Launch and orbit raising: 12 days• Level 1b products will be validated

during Post Launch Test (six months) and will be available through GOES-R Rebroadcast (GRB) service as products are certified

• Level 2+ product certification begins after L1b products and will be distributed on a product-by-product basis as they mature

• GOES-16 extended validation: Sept 2016 – March 2017

• GOES-16 operational: March 2017 at TBD orbit location