Seminar Series: GOES-R Spacecraft Overview

Posted on: September 25, 2019

Guest Speaker: TIM GASPARRINI , Commercial Civil Space Line of Business Deputy Vice President and Program Manager Weather and Remote Sensing Lockheed Martin Space

Time/Date: 12:00 M – 1:00 PM  (Thursday) October 17, 2019

Location: Grove School of Engineering Building, ST-105, 140TH Street and Convent Avenue, The City College of New York

Time: 12pm

Abstract: The GOES-R series satellites are the next generation geostationary weather satellites for the United States. These satellites, operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, are used for severe storm prediction within the western Hemisphere. This seminar will summarize the GOES-R program, provide an overview of the GOES-R spacecraft design as well as discuss some key technologies developed to enable the mission. It will in addition, provide an overview of the Geostationary Lightning Mapper, a first of kind instrument imaging lightning from geostationary orbit found on the GOES-R satellites.

Bio: As the Vice President and Program Manager for Weather and Remote Sensing, Tim is responsible for the design, build, assembly, integration and test of the GOES Spacecraft, the Geostationary Lightning Mapper, the Solar Ultraviolet Imager and the Magnetometer. He is also responsible for the Wind Tracer program as well as the Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory.