NASA has said the total cost of implementing the project - including launch service and other work-related costs - is estimated at $ 152.5 million.

 NASA GOES-U Mission: The American space agency has decided to award a contract for the services of launching its GOES-U Mission to Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies or SpaceX. GOASA-U Mission or NASA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U Mission aims to provide high-quality images and atmospheric measurements of the weather, environment and sea on Earth. The mission also aims to calculate the map in real time for lightning operations and to monitor solar activity and local weather in a better way. NASA has said the total cost of implementing the project - including launch service and other work-related costs - is estimated at $ 152.5 million.

      NASA intends to launch GOES-U Mission in April 2024, and thanks to the contract awarded, the missions will be launched on the Falcon Heavy rocket to be provided by SpaceX. The launch is expected to take place at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and will mark the fourth and final spacecraft to be launched as part of the GOES-R Series for satellite heaven.

         The GoES-R series is a collaborative effort by the US 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA and NASA, as well as four satellites introduced (or will be introduced) under the series - GOES-R, GOES-S, GOES-T, and GOES -U - operated by NOAA.

       Under commission, the first satellite - GOES-R - was launched in November 2016, and became a GOES-16 satellite if it was already set in geostationary orbit. The next spacecraft - the GOES-S - was launched in March 2018, and when it arrived at its destination, it was renamed the GOES-17. When the GOES-16 satellite replaced the GOES-13 satellite to act as the GOES East Satellite in December 2017, GOES-17 replaced the GOES-15 satellite to serve as the GOES West Satellite for NOAA in February 2019.

         When GOES-U is scheduled for launch in April 2024, GOES-T, the third and final satellite in the series, is expected to be launched in January 2022. If the launch and subsequent exit from orbit is successful, GOES-T will be GOES -18 and replace GOES-17 (or GOES-S) as a NOAA operated by GOES West Satellite.