NOAA's next generation geostationary weather satellite GOES-R (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, R Series) is currently scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral tomorrow, November 19th at 5:42 pm EST (10:42 pm UTC) aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket. The long delayed satellite is a significant improvement over the current GOES-N model and carries an imaging system on par with JMA's Himawari 8 satellite. GOES-R is expected to produce 3.5 terabytes of data each day, and should drive forecasting improvements in a number of areas, including hurricanes, tornado warnings and solar weather.
Go Atlas! Go Centaur!