During a pre-launch briefing on Nov. 17, officials from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), discussed the status of GOES-R, the first spacecraft in a new series of NASA-built advanced geostationary weather satellites. GOES-R is set to launch into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Nov. 19, from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.