NASA Marshall Invites Media to View Weather Satellite Receiving Station

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Sept. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is inviting media Sept. 21 to view a high-performance ground system that receives data from NOAA's most sophisticated Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), known as the GOES-R series.

The new GOES-R receiving station expands NASA's capability to use real-time data from space to study Earth's weather and deliver new forecasting, warning and disaster response tools to partners around the world.

A ribbon cutting event begins 10 a.m. CDT at Marshall's Activities Building 4316. Media will have the opportunity to view the antenna system and to participate in on-location interviews with NASA and NOAA officials.

Speakers will include:

• Paul McConnaughey, Associate Director, NASA Marshall
• Jack Kaye, Director, Research and Analysis Program, NASA Headquarters
• Tsengdar Lee, Weather Focus Area lead, NASA Headquarters
• Gary Jedlovec, Chief, Earth Science Branch, NASA/MSFC
• Steve Goodman, GOES-R Chief Scientist (retired), NOAA
• Brian Carcione, Science and Operations Officer, National Weather Service Huntsville Forecast Office, NOAA

Media interested in covering the event should contact Molly Porter in Marshall's Office of Communications at molly.a.porter@nasa.gov or 256-424-5158 by 5 p.m. CDTSept. 20.

Media will need photo identification and must report to the Redstone Arsenal Joint Visitor Control Center at Gate 9, Interstate 565 interchange at Rideout Road/Research Park Boulevard by 9 a.m. CDT for badging. Vehicles are subject to a security search at the gate.

The GOES-R series program is a joint effort of NASA and NOAA to develop, deploy and operate the satellites. The program is managed by NOAA with an integrated NOAA-NASA program office organization, staffed with personnel from both agencies, and supported by industry.

To learn more about the Marshall Center's GOES receiving station, visit

https://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/goes

To learn more about GOES-R, visit

https://www.goes-r.gov

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