Press Event
GOES-U Prelaunch News Conference
Kennedy Space Center Falcon Heavy | GOES-U
Prelaunch news conference at Kennedy (following completion of the Launch Readiness Review), with the following participants:
- Denton Gibson, launch director, Launch Services Program, NASA
- Steve Volz, assistant administrator, NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service
- Pam Sullivan, director, GOES-R Program, NOAA
- John Gagosian, director, Joint Agency Satellite Division
- Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science Missions, SpaceX
- Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force
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