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Get a Front Row Seat to a Satellite Launch: Apply For Our #GOESR Social

September 12, 2016

Are you passionate about all things space, satellites and social media? Then this is the event for you.

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Don’t miss this behind-the-scenes opportunity to snap, post, tweet, and share everything about the launch of NOAA’s GOES-R, America’s next-generation geostationary weather satellite.

We are inviting social media users from around the world to apply for credentials to join us and our partners from NASA for the #GOESR Launch Social at Kennedy Space Center, November 3-4, 2016. Don’t miss your chance to get a front-row seat to history!

As a GOES-R Social participant, you'll be able to:

  • Experience the launch live, in person;
  • Tour special locations around the Kennedy Space Center, including the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center;
  • Hear from GOES-R experts during a special pre-launch briefing;
  • Speak with the scientists and engineers who made GOES-R and its instruments a reality;
  • And more!

Social media accreditation for the GOES-R Social event opened on September 5, 2016. The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. EDT September 14, 2016. All applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.