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    Atlas V Rolled to Pad 41 with NOAA’s GOES-S

    The Atlas V rocket rolls to Pad 41 with NOAA's GOES-S. Launch is slated for March 1 at 5:02 p.m. EST.

    The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is rolled from the Vertical Integration Facility to the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch vehicle will send NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-S) into orbit. The GOES series is designed to significantly improve the detection and observation …

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    GOES-S NASA EDGE Rollout Webcast, NASA Social Briefing Today

    GOES-R Spacecraft With Earth Reflection

    Watch the live webcast with NASA Edge during the GOES-S launch vehicle rollout at SLC-41. The live show begins at 10 a.m. and can be viewed on NASA TV and social media at: NASA TV: www.nasa.gov/live NASA EDGE Facebook: www.facebook.com/nasaedgefan NASA EDGE YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/NASAedge NASA EDGE Ustream: www.ustream.tv/nasaedge Guests on the show: Sandra Smalley, director, …

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    GOES-S Prelaunch Briefings Today

    Artist image of the GOES-S satellite.

    With only two days remaining until the scheduled launch of NOAA's GOES-S satellite, launch and mission managers are gathering at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to provide briefings on launch status and the science aspects of the GOES-R series of advanced weather satellites. A prelaunch status briefing will be held at 1 p.m., followed by a …

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    ULA Atlas V Rocket, NOAA’s GOES-S Satellite Together for Launch

    The payload fairing containing NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S) is mated to the ULA Atlas V rocket

    With its March 1 launch date closing in, the next in a series of advanced geostationary weather satellites is in place for liftoff. NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-S) will be delivered to orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. …

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