Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic, fueled by the Suns’ trash talk in the previous game, led Dallas to a 113-86 Game 6 victory Thursday night, the first time in his NBA career that the Mavs have won when facing elimination.Read More
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DALLAS — For the second time in a span of three possessions, Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic drove straight down the lane and finished with a two-handed dunk.
The top-seeded Phoenix Suns, trailing by 20 points midway through the third quarter of Thursday’s Game 6, called timeout, providing Doncic a chance to extend his post-dunk celebrating beyond the flexing and snarling he did after several baskets in the Mavs’ series-evening 113-86 rout at the American Airlines Center. Doncic strutted out to half court, aggressively nodding his head and shouting in the direction of the Suns’ bench.
It was a bit of payback after Doncic had to listen to the Suns bark while blowing out the Mavs in Game 5. A series that has been quite chippy despite not featuring any close games will be decided in Sunday’s Game 7 back at the Footprint Center in Phoenix.
“I like when people trash talk to me,” Doncic said after his 33-point, 11-rebound, 8-assist, 4-steal performance. “It gets me going. It’s fun.”
This marked the first time in the 23-year-old Doncic’s NBA career that the Mavs won a game while facing elimination. But Doncic has shined brightly in each of his opportunities on that stage despite losing to the LA Clippers the previous two postseasons, averaging 39 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists in three win-or-go-home games.
According to ESPN Stats & Information research, Doncic’s scoring average is the highest of any player in NBA history for games in which his team is facing elimination.
“Elimination is I guess the word that you guys use, but it’s just another game for us on this journey, and our journey is to win a championship,” Dallas coach Jason Kidd said. “Sometimes it ends early, sometimes you’re able to play until June. I think he just enjoys the moment. He’s not afraid of the stage.”
Doncic had better production than Phoenix’s All-Star guards Devin Booker (19 points, 3 assists) and Chris Paul (13 points, 4 assists) combined. The Suns finished with a season low in points and a season high in turnovers (22) while shooting only 39.7% from the floor.
“We just kept applying pressure,” said Mavs guard Jalen Brunson, who had 18 points and three steals. “Now it’s over, and now we’ve got to figure out how we’re going to steal a win in Phoenix.”
Booker and Paul, in particular, were uncharacteristically sloppy, combining for eight turnovers. It was the second time in this series that Paul recorded more turnovers than assists — the first time in his career that has happened in a single postseason, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
Phoenix coach Monty Williams said he didn’t think the Suns “understood the desperation the [Mavs] were going to play with,” a factor in being dominated by a 29-6 margin in points off of turnovers.
“It’s got to be a together thing where everybody is on the same page,” said center Deandre Ayton, who led the Suns with 21 points and 11 rebounds. “And it wasn’t like that tonight. There were a lot of mistakes. It felt like a regular-season game, the amount of mistakes we had today. The turnovers, terrible, unacceptable. It was that type of game where it was just unacceptable, man. Them dudes, they wanted it more.”
Doncic especially imposed his will on the Suns, following through on his post-Game 5 promise to attack the paint more. Fourteen of his 26 field goal attempts came in the paint, including 8-of-13 shooting in the restricted area.
“He’s a tough player. He’s a great player,” said Dallas forward Reggie Bullock, who was the primary defender on Booker and scored 19 points. “I laugh at it when they try to guard him. They’re going to do the same thing to him — bring him up in every pick-and-roll — but when he gets the switch, it’s a bucket every time. I don’t know about the switches with him [on defense] to get a bucket every time. I just know that we’re going to back him up. That’s our teammate. He’s going to hold us down on the offensive end and give us his best on the defensive end.”
Doncic posted a historical statistical line in his lone Game 7 so far in his career. He had 46 points and 14 assists against the Clippers — creating 77 points, the most all time in a Game 7, according to Elias Sports Bureau research — but the Mavs still suffered a lopsided loss.
“I don’t care about stats as long as we win,” Doncic said. “If we win, I’m good. The statistics don’t really matter to me, but if we win, it’s going to be amazing. I think we won this game on the defensive end, and we’ve got another game.”
This will be the first Game 7 of Booker’s career. Paul is 3-4 in Game 7s in which he has played, including 2-2 on his team’s home court.
“I feel like we worked as hard as we did all season to get home court,” Paul said. “Just because you have home court doesn’t guarantee you’re going to win the game, but we’d rather play at home than play here.
“Been in it before. Seen it. The best thing about all these playoff games is you don’t carry the 20-point lead into the game. Each game is a personality of its own, and now it’s down to one game, Game 7.”
ESPN’s Dave McMenamin contributed to this report.
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“Tough luck, Charlie! This is who you are!” – Zac Efron’s Andy parenting his telekinetically gifted daughter Charlie in “Firestarter.”
If there’s nostalgia for the 1984 edition of “Firestarter,” my guess it’s held by those who haven’t seen the movie in a long time. Because it’s awful, from the clumsily staged action sequences to the medley of scenes in which David Keith’s character exercises mind control by pressing his hands against his temples to the close-ups of little Drew Barrymore clenching her fists as she sets people on fire to an unfortunately miscast George C. Scott as a Native American named John Rainbird who is an assassin for a mysterious government agency known as The Shop. “The most astonishing thing about the movie … is how boring it is,” wrote Roger Ebert.
Many, many great Stephen King novels have been turned into classic films. Others go the way of the old “Firestarter.”
‘Firestarter’
Because it’s Hollywood Law that every movie from the 1980s will be rebooted or reshaped or re-something’d, now we have a new adaptation of “Firestarter” that doesn’t scale any great heights but is a marked upgrade on the original. Directed with a more fittingly dark, austere, horror-movie vibe by Keith Thomas and featuring grounded performances from an excellent cast headed by Zac Efron, Sydney Lemmon and newcomer Ryan Kiera Armstrong, this “Firestarter” is a combustible supernatural thriller that embraces its borderline campy qualities and works well enough as 21st century drive-in escapist fare.
As we learn in a suitably eerie opening-credits sequence, college students Andy McGree (Zac Efron) and Vicky Tomlinson (Sydney Lemmon) participated in something called the “Lot Six Trial” administered by the Department of Scientific Intelligence in 2008. Subjects were injected with some kind of experimental drug and things went horribly wrong, as evidenced by the closeup of an eyeball on the floor.
In the present day, Andy and Vicky are now married. Andy can control others’ thoughts through sheer willpower, and Vicky has some telekinetic powers as well–though there are side effects, e.g., the blood that starts dripping from Andy’s eye sockets when he exerts too much force. Hey, every family is unique!
Andy and Vicky have an 11-year-old daughter, Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), who can literally set things on fire when she becomes upset or scared or angry, and while Charlie’s parents have done their best to protect her, keeping the family off the grid and working with Charlie to control her emotions, things begin to spiral out of control after Charlie has an episode at school that results in an explosion. The school incident sets off alarm bells within the aforementioned Department of Scientific Intelligence, with Gloria Reuben’s Capt. Hollister sending John Rainbird (Michael Greyeyes), an agent assassin with mind-control powers of his own, to track down Charlie and bring her in so they can … well, they’re a secret and nefarious government agency, so they’re probably not going to call a press conference to announce the discovery of an adorable adolescent Firestarter kid.
Andy and Charlie are able to escape after Charlie lets fly with the pyrotechnics. (As you’d expect, the special effects are more ferociously impressive this time around.) As they go on the run, director Thomas and screenwriter Scott Teems fully embrace the gruesome side effects of Charlie’s condition, as when a stray cat scratches Charlie and Charlie has an instant reaction, and let’s just say that’s the last scratch that cat will ever exact on anyone. Yikes.
The invaluable character actor Kurtwood Smith (“Robocop,” “Rambo III”) lends an eccentric gravitas to the proceedings as the nearly mad Dr. Joseph Wanless, who deeply regrets conducting the experiments and warns Capt. Hollister that Charlie one day “may be able to create a nuclear explosion with the force of her mind.” Dr. Wanless’ advice: Once the DSI finds Charlie, they should extinguish her.
With present-day sequences filmed in sepia tones and flashbacks in more of a green and blue filter, “Firestarter” remains visually arresting throughout, as Andy fills in Charlie on some violent history in his past and continually stresses to her that she has to harness her powers and use them only when absolutely necessary. (The brilliant score has distinct echoes of “Halloween”–little surprise since it was created by Cody Carpenter, John Carpenter and Daniel A. Davies.)
After Andy is apprehended, Charlie must rescue him from the DSI with only her love for her father and her telepathic powers to guide the way. The DSI is fortified with concrete walls and infrared technology and armed henchmen, which means they’re the decided underdog against Charlie. Once she arrives at the facility … well, that’s as far as we’re going to go, other than to say “Firestarter” goes out with a suitably fiery bang and some pretty dark and satisfying twists.
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Yoan Moncada tied it up. And then Joe Kelly gave it up by walking the bases full of Yankees.
And in a good first test against the best the American League has to offer, that is never a good idea.
The White Sox went down with a thud.
After Moncada forged a tie with his first homer, a three-run shot to center in the seventh, Kelly walked three straight Yankees after retiring the first two in the eighth, setting the stage for a seven-run blitz from baseball’s hottest team.
Aaron Judge legged out an infield single scoring two runs when first baseman Jose Abreu — battling an 0-for-17 slump — questioned the safe call. And then Josh Donaldson belted a three-run homer that about buried the Sox in a 15-7 defeat in the first of a four-game series at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Donaldson’s homer was the Yankees’ fourth of the night. Stanton (six RBI) had a pair of two-run homers against Sox starter Dylan Cease Judge homered against reliever Ryan Burr. Stanton’s two-run single against lefty Tanner Banks – right-handers Kendall Graveman and Matt Foster were apparently not available – sent many of the 20,050 fans home.
In four innings, Cease was both good and bad. The 11th double-digit strikeout game of his career tied him with Sox great Billy Pierce for eighth on the franchise list. The 11 strikeouts also tied his career high.
But Cease was tagged for six runs and left trailing 6-4. AJ Pollock’s RBI double and Leury Garcia’s two-out, two-run double in the second and a run-scoring wild pitch by right-hander Luis Gil produced the Sox’ first four runs.
The Yankees 23-8 entering play are 16-2 in their last 18 games. The Sox (15-15) lost for the second time in nine games.
Extra day for Giolito; Cueto in wings
Lucas Giolito will start against the Royals Monday when the Sox open a five-game series and eight-game road trip concluding against the Yankees next weekend. Pushed ahead one day, Giolito (8-4, 3.43 in 17 starts vs. Royals) seems a good bet to go deep into a game that precedes a doubleheader Tuesday, La Russa said.
“Always a concern about the doubleheader on Tuesday,” La Russa said.
Cease is pegged for one of the games Tuesday with Johnny Cueto as one candidate to pitch the other. Cueto allowed two earned runs on three hits and a walk while striking out six over 5 1/3 innings in his fourth start Wednesday for Triple-A Charlotte.
La Russa wouldn’t commit to Cueto, only saying “we’re expecting that sooner rather than later.” Until it’s official, “we can only just pencil him in,” La Russa said.
Vaughn homers twice, Lopez improving
Andrew Vaughn (right hand bruise) homered twice and walked twice in his second rehab game for Charlotte Thursday. La Russa said Vaughn, who played right field, could be back “as early as Kansas City,” then didn’t rule out Vaughn this weekend.
“We’re watching it closely and soon as he feels he’s 100 percent,” La Russa said.
Right-hander Reynaldo Lopez (low back) was “much better” Thursday but not yet available.
Guardians makeup game
Wednesday’s postponed game with the Cleveland Guardians will be made up as part of a split doubleheader July 23, the first Saturday after the All-Star break. The game was postponed due to numerous members of the Guardians coaching staff, including manager Terry Francona, testing positive for COVID-19.
The doubleheader start times are 12:10 p.m. (NBCSCH) and 6:15 p.m. (Fox)
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B 1 – Chicago Bulls – started out the season with a bang, fell apart mid-to late season but made the playoffs. Fun team to watch, lots of talent when the whole team was healthy. To quote the movie On The Waterfront featuring Marlon Brando – “I coulda been a contender” truly applied to the Bulls this year, again, if the team had all of its talent healthy at one time. And, unfortunately, they had to face last year’s title holders in the first round of the playoffs and fell to the Milwaukee Bucks. Good season nonetheless even though it ended much too soon. Will next year be better – it should B!
B 2 – Chicago Blackhawks – Still have so much talent but the season was very disappointing. Turmoil off the ice may have played a part – Coaching change early in the season and the case of former player Kyle Beach’s lawsuit charging a former assistant coach with sexual assault in 2010 and the team’s failure to handle the situation properly. Throw in at least 3 different goalies during the season including the brief but nice tenure for Marc-Andre Fleury who now plays for Minnesota. But we still have Patrick Kane who continues to pursue excellence and add to his Hall-of-Fame career. Will next year be better – it better B!
B3 – Becoming Annika – Golf Channel aired a special documentary this week on the Hall-of-Fame LPGA player Annika Sorenstam. It was really well done and I highly recommend it to all who love the game and those who want to get a fuller picture of this uber talented golfer. How SWEDE she was and is still having not played competitively for nearly 13 years while raising a family. She entered the 2021 U.S. Senior Women’s Open in her very first senior event – and won by 8 strokes. Annika, Annika, Annika! As someone from the sports media for over 20 years and covering a lot of golf tournaments, I had the great honor and pleasure to see Annika play in person many times and she is the GOAT to me. Her game from tee to green was Brilliant. Briefly, she won 72 tournaments in 307 starts on the LPGA Tour. Her 23.5 career winning percentage is the highest of any player, male or female, at the game’s highest level. Collected 10 major titles in 57 starts. Add the 2021 U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship to this already stellar career and you can’t help but B impressed.
B4 – Bummed out: No Cubs No – I used to B a Cubs fan – in fact, spent most of my life as an avid fan and attended many games and watched them all the time on TV. Loved my Cubs – cried when they finally won the World Series in 2016 and went crazy buying souvenir tees and hats etc. displaying my pride and joy in their long awaited Championship. But wait – 2021 – mid-season – dump Anthony Rizzo, Javier Baez and Kris Bryant. Brizzo and Baez – three of the team’s best players and biggest draws. WTF – I couldn’t believe and still can’t believe it. This really Bummed me out and I’m still holding a major grudge. I quit watching them in 2021 after this happened and I haven’t watched a game since. BOO HISS – and I don’t know if I’ll ever forgive the owners and management for dumping those guys. It sucked and I’m Cubby BLUE BLUE BLUE.
B5 – Brittney Griner – WNBA standout player still detained in Russia – our government is work diligently to get her home but with the war in Ukraine and our strained relationship with Russia – it is difficult to say the least. Keep her in your thoughts and we all hope to see her back in the WNBA soon.
B6 – Don’t know why but I am pulling for the Calgary Flames to win the Stanley Cup this year. The Flames defeated the Canadiens in six games to win their first and only Stanley Cup in 1989. Yes that’s 33 years ago and it is about time for them to B Stanley Cup Champions once again. I’ll B watching!
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Anthony Rizzo had a belly full of deli as he sat in the visitors’ dugout Thursday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field.
The Yankees first baseman — an ex-Cub, in case you’d forgotten — was delighted to have popped into Bari’s in West Town, his favorite Chicago lunch spot, and happier to be back in the city for the first time as a player since he was traded away at last year’s deadline. Rizzo was out with COVID-19 when the White Sox hosted the Yankees last August.
“It always feels good being here,” he said. “This is obviously a special place for me and [wife] Emily and my family. That will never change.”
Everything has changed for the Cubs, of course, since Rizzo, Javy Baez and Kris Bryant were ripped from the equation all at once. In the throes of a rebuild, they are 11-19 and have receded into baseball’s shadows. The Yankees — who re-signed free agent Rizzo in March to a two-year, $32 million deal — began a four-game series against the Sox at 22-8, the big leagues’ best record.
Rizzo, off to a huge start with nine home runs, would rather be playing for the team that’s hot on the trail of the World Series.
“Now that it has happened,” he said, “I’m very happy with where I’m at.”
And he doesn’t miss the uncomfortable feeling — a “bigger burden than I realized,” he called it — of not knowing if the Cubs intended to keep him around. But he maintains there are no hard feelings.
“They had to make tough business decisions,” he said. “As a human being, was I pissed off? Of course. But as a baseball player who sees what happens in this business, that’s the way it is.”
Has he had a chance to hash things out with Cubs president Jed Hoyer?
“I don’t think there’s much to hash out,” he said. “I wish them well. I want Jed to have success being the president there.”
Rizzo keeps tabs on Ian Happ, one of his closest friends, and the rest of the Cubs, even the newcomers. He says he wants to see them do well, too. His feelings toward the club as a whole softened after he signed his free-agent deal. At 32 — and with a lockout making him wait — the not knowing had become understandably stressful.
“I think once I signed again, I was really able to shift to being able to root for the Cubs again and root for everybody there,” he said.
For a decade — and what a decade it was — Rizzo was the model Cub. Then, it felt almost like he blinked and was watching from first base as Kyle Schwarber homered for the Red Sox off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole in the 2021 American League wild-card game — just as Schwarber had done for the Cubs off Cole in the 2015 National League wild-card game.
“A ‘what the hell’s going on?’ moment,” Rizzo called it.
What’s going on? Rizzo is long gone and not coming back. And so it goes.
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The dead are arriving in May this year! Our very favorite horror convention Days Of The Dead: Chicago is returning this vild veekend for another Spring Fling. Days Of The Dead (DOTD) is here to put the scare in all our bloody hearts and ve are totally DEAD-lighted. See vhat I did there? *vink*
DOTD is three full DAYS of macabre movies, vigilant vendors, eerie events, ghoulish guests, freaky fans, creepy characters and much more! The ultimate fan convention where horror comes to party!
Also, for the second time now since DOTD: Chicago November 2021, I vas invited to be a guest judge at the CHAOSTUME SHOWDOWN! I am honored once again to be included in the frightful festivities! Get those costumes together and ready to be judged!!!
Celebrity guests include:
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Days Of The Dead: Chicago vill take place at the Crowne Plaza O’Hare (5440 N River Road) in Rosemont, Illinois.
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The NFL dropped the Chicago Bears’ full regular-season schedule Thursday. Major storylines include Justin FIelds playing against four 2021 draft colleagues, Trey Lance, Mac Jones, Zach Wilson, and Davis Mills. When Mills comes to town in week 3, former head coach Lovie Smith will be leading the Houston Texans.
The Bears with new head coach Matt Eburflus continue to add to their roster this spring and develop Fields in his second season. Many national analysts have low expectations for the Bears this season but the Bears have time to improve before September.
In the next few pages, CCS will highlight five pivotal games for the Bears in their 2022 season.
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The Bears’ 2022 schedule is out. Here’s a look at every game.
Week 1: vs. 49ers, Sun., Sept. 11, 12 p.m., FOX
This will be a day of debuts. It’s the first game for coach Matt Eberflus and offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, as well as Justin Fields’ first chance to show how much he has improved.
Week 2: at Packers, Sun., Sept. 18, 7:20 p.m., NBC
Nothing is scarier for the Bears than seeing the Packers on their schedule. They’ve lost six straight in the series by a total of 75 points.
Week 3: vs. Texans, Sun., Sept. 25, 12 p.m., CBS
The Bears finally get a break after facing two of the NFL’s best teams. The Texans are in total free fall after going 8-25 the last two seasons.
Week 4:at Giants, Sun., Oct. 2, 12 p.m., FOX
The Bears rolled the Giants 29-3 in the closest thing they had to a gimme last season and shouldn’t have much trouble with them this time.
Week 5: at Vikings, Sun., Oct. 9, 12 p.m., FOX
If the Bears can manage 2-2 over their first four games, this game will be a fairly clear indicator of where their season is headed. These two teams posted nearly identical records over the last four seasons.
Week 6:vs. Commanders, Thu., Oct. 13, 7:15 p.m., Amazon
The Bears will face old friend Ron Rivera for the first time since beating him in 2017 when Mitch Trubisky completed 4 of 7 passes against his Panthers.
Week 7: at Patriots, Mon., Oct. 24, 7:15 p.m., ESPN
The Bears could’ve had Mac Jones at No. 11 overall last year, but opted for Fields. This will be their first meeting since the 2020 college football title game.
Week 8: at Cowboys, Sun., Oct. 30, 12 p.m., FOX
The Cowboys (12-5) were one game behind the Buccaneers and Packers for best record in the NFL last season, led the league in points and were seventh in scoring defense.
Week 9:vs. Dolphins, Sun., Nov. 6, 12 p.m., CBS
The Dolphins are one of the biggest mysteries in the NFL and could be a force by the time they arrive at Soldier Field in the middle of the season.
Week 10: vs. Lions, Sun., Nov. 13, 12 p.m., FOX
No matter how bad it might get for the Bears, they cannot possibly allow themselves to be worse than the perpetually rebuilding Lions.
Week 11: at Falcons, Sun., Nov. 20, 12 p.m., FOX
The Falcons are widely expected to be one of the NFL’s worst teams after parting with quarterback Matt Ryan. Their starter is currently Marcus Mariota.
Week 12: at Jets, Sun., Nov. 27, 12 p.m., FOX
The Bears have enough weak opponents on the schedule that if they win this game, they could be sitting at .500.
Week 13: vs. Packers, Sun., Dec. 4, 12 p.m., FOX
Fields will get one more shot at Aaron Rodgers, and it could very well be their final meeting in the Bears-Packers rivalry.
Week 14:Bye week
This is the last week of the season for byes and it’s the latest the Bears have had theirs since 1999.
Week 15:vs. Eagles, Sun., Dec. 18, 12 p.m., FOX
The Eagles are far from a powerhouse, but they’ve managed to play decently during their rebuild and made the playoffs for the fourth time in five seasons.
Week 16:vs.Bills, Sat., Dec. 24, 12 p.m., CBS
The Bills will likely be gearing up for a run at the Super Bowl by this point. It’ll be just the 14th meeting they’ve ever had and first since 2018.
Week 17: at Lions, Sun., Jan. 1, 12 p.m., FOX
One of the keys for any Bears coach to maintain a decent record is to beat up on the Lions twice a year. Even Matt Nagy went 7-1 against them.
Week 18: vs. Vikings, Sun., Jan. 8, time and network TBD
Will either team have something to play for at this point? These teams ended the season with meaningless games in 2019 and ’21.
PRESEASON SCHEDULE
The Bears will play two of their three preseason games on the road, beginning with a home game against the Chiefs. They’ll also visit the Seahawks and Browns.
Here’s their schedule:
Week 1: vs. Chiefs, Sat., Aug. 13, 12 p.m., FOX
Week 2: at Seahawks, Thu., Aug. 18, 7 p.m., ESPN
Week 3: at Browns, Sat., Aug. 27, 6 p.m., FOX
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released the first images from the GOES-18 weather satellite. The images were taken on May 5th and show the capabilities of the GOES Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) 16 channels.
This GOES-18 image shows the US observed by GOES-18’s ABI’s 16 channels on May 5, 2022. Credit: NESDIS/NOAA
The first four are visible and near-infrared, and the next ten are infrared. Data from the ABI is used for a variety of applications from severe weather warnings and short-term forecasts to wildfire and volcano monitoring and turbulence detection. Images can also be combined to highlight areas of interest.
GOES-18 launch from Kennedy Space Center. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic Chicago
GOES-18 was launched on March 1st as a replacement for the ailing GOES West satellite. The GOES satellites orbit the Earth at an altitude of 22,236 miles above the equator. From this vantage point, the satellites can monitor the same area and track weather systems as they happen.
NOAA reports that so far, the GOES-18 satellite is healthy and is still undergoing post launch testing and calibration of instruments. The cooling system in the ABI unit is performing well, and no signs of the issue that affected the GOES West ABI have shown up. The cooling system was redesigned for GOES-18.
Artistic rendering of GOES-18 in orbit. Credit: NASA/NOAA
In late summer of this year, GOES-18 will assist in GOES West operations, and again in early fall. If all goes well, by early 2023 NOAA will make GOES-18 the new GOES West. GOES-17 will then be placed into on-orbit storage.
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