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say you've been observing earth's

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weather using goes satellites for the

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past 40 years and suddenly you realize

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you need to launch another satellite to

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keep doing it because it's really

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important naturally you might think to

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yourself great let's just box up parts

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from the previous satellites

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launch them into space

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and let them do their thing

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unfortunately that's just not how it

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works

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scientists and engineers are always

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looking for better ways to improve the

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weather forecast and for them images

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like this from decades-old satellites

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just aren't quite up to snuff

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thankfully scientists and engineers have

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been busy working with meteorologists to

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improve things so they have an idea of

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what data is needed next

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that way when they launch a new

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satellite they're adding to what they've

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learned before which means even better

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weather forecasts for the rest of us so

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when you build a satellite noise nor go

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series called goes-r it naturally sets

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up a flurry of activity

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because they always want to improve

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things engineers might change the

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satellite platform upgrade all the

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instruments and because it's meant to

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improve the forecast add something

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totally new that's never been done

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before like a new lightning mapper

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after months of constructive debates and

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probably more than a few late nights

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they'll finally come to an agreement

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once everything's been approved the

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engineers get to design and put the

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satellite together however even though

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they've built go satellites before it's

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not just a matter of pulling out the old

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designs and bolting everything together

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because there's new science to be done

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things have to be redesigned modified

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upgraded built tested retested tested

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some more and finally delivered so that

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at the end of the day it all fits neatly

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atop a giant rocket once all that's

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finished the satellite launches into

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space the scientists and engineers

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celebrate and lots of new data starts