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OSO News and Announcement
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Article Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
GOES-P launched on Thursday, March 4, 2010
GOES-P Launch: GOES-P was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:57 p.m. (EST) .
GOES-P is the third and last in the current series of NOAA geostationary satellites, and will be
re-named GOES-15 when it reaches it's operational orbit on March 17, 2010. GOES-P joins the current
constellation of GOES-11 (West), GOES-12 (East), GOES-13 (standby), and GOES-14 (spare). 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.
Photo caption: NSOF Launch Team monitoring GOES-P shortly after launch.
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