Resources to educate students, teachers, and the general public about meteorology, space science, earth-observing satellites, weather phenomena and benefits GOES-R will provide to society.
Information and resources to ensure that the user community is prepared for the new types of satellite imagery and data that will be available from the GOES-R satellite series.
The Winter 2012 issue of The Earth Scientist, the quarterly journal of the National Earth Science Teachers Association that provides resources for K-12 Earth and Space Science teachers, features an article on GOES-R and includes a GOES-R satellite poster. You can read the article, “The GOES-R Series: The Nation’s Next-Generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites” online at http://www.nestanet.org/cms/sites/default/files/journal/current.pdf. See page 18 for the piece, which provides an overview of the mission, outlines the benefits the satellites will provide to the nation, and highlights the resources GOES-R provides for fostering education and supporting national Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) efforts.
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Lockheed Martin has delivered the GOES-R satellite core structure for integration of the propulsion system. Press Release
