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Date: Monday, June 29, 2009
GOES-O launched on Saturday, June 27, 2009
GOES-O Launch: GOES-O was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:51 PM (EDT). GOES-O is the second in the current series of NOAA geostationary satellites, and will be re-named GOES-14 when it reaches it's operational orbit on July 7, 2009. GOES-O joins the current constellation of GOES-10 (South America), GOES-11 (West), GOES-12 (East), and GOES-13 (standby). GOES provides continuous observations of environmental conditions of North, Central and South America and surrounding oceans. They provide data critical for fast, accurate weather forecasts and warnings, detecting solar storm activity and relaying distress signals from emergency beacons.
For more information about the GOES Satellites, visit:
www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/index.htm
NSOF Launch Team monitoring GOES-O shortly after launch
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