Atlas 5/GOES-R pre-launch news conference Preview the deployment of the advanced GOES-R weather satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in the pre-launch news conference held at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, Nov. 17. Briefing participants are: * Stephen Volz, assistant administrator for satellite and information services at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration * Greg Mandt, GOES-R system program director at NOAA * Sandra Smalley, director of NASA’s Joint Agency Satellite Division * Omar Baez, NASA launch director * Scott Messer, program manager for NASA Missions at United Launch Alliance * Clay Flinn, launch weather officer from the 45th Weather Squadron at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station