NOAA experts preview COSMIC-2 satellite launch, mission

Data will improve weather prediction and space weather monitoring

UPDATED: June 7, 2019. A correction was made to the first paragraph. COSMIC-2 will not help with space weather forecasting, but it will monitor changes in Earth's ionosphere.
Rendering of COSMIC-2, a mission of six satellites which will orbit the Earth near the equator. COSMIC-2 launched on June 25, 2019, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, aboard a Space X Falcon Heavy rocket. COSMIC-2 is a partnership between NOAA, the U.S. Air Force and Taiwan.

Rendering of COSMIC-2, a mission of six satellites which will orbit the Earth near the equator. COSMIC-2 launched on June 25, 2019, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, aboard a Space X Falcon Heavy rocket. COSMIC-2 is a partnership between NOAA, the U.S. Air Force and Taiwan. (Image credit: NOAA, Taiwan National Space Organization)

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On June 11, NOAA experts will hold a media teleconference to highlight the upcoming COSMIC-2 satellite mission, which will enhance NOAA’s computer models that predict weather, including hurricanes, and climate. COSMIC-2 will also monitor dynamic changes in Earth's ionosphere.  

COSMIC-2, a mission of six satellites that will orbit the planet near the equator, is scheduled to lift off no earlier than June 24 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a Space X Falcon Heavy rocket. COSMIC-2 is a partnership between NOAA, the U.S. Air Force and Taiwan.

WHAT:
Media teleconference with opening remarks and a Q&A session

WHEN:
Tue., June 11 at 11:00 a.m. EDT

WHO:

  • Elsayed Talaat, Ph.D, director, Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis, NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service

  • Daryl Kleist, Ph.D., physical scientist, NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center

HOW:
Dial into the conference call

  • 888-664-9852 U.S./Canada (toll-free)

  • International dial-in: 1-517-308-9333

  • Passcode: “COSMIC”

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Media contact

John Leslie, 301-713-0214

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