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GOES-R weather satellite arrives for November launch


GOES-R weather satellite arrives for November launch The first in a new generation of national weather satellites arrived Monday on the Space Coast in preparation for a November launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. An Air Force C-5 transport plane touched down at 3:16 p.m. on Kennedy Space Center's three-mile shuttle runway with GOES-R, the latest satellite in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites program. The first in a four-spacecraft series projected to cost nearly $11 billion through 2035, NOAA says GOES-R represents "a giant leap forward in technology" compared to predecessors, promising to improve forecasting of hurricanes and other weather.   More



(Source: Florida Today - Aug 23)

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