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NASA successfully launched the third in a series of next-generation weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 4:38 p.m. EST Tuesday. The newest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-T, launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station...Read More

Four solid rocket boosters and an RD-180 main engine power ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket off the pad Tuesday with NOAA’s GOES-T weather satellite. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral and delivered the GOES-T weather satellite into orbit Tuesday,…

1/5 An Atlas V rocket launches the GOES-T weather satellite from Florida on March 1, 2022. Photo courtesy of NASA ORLANDO, Fla., March 1 (UPI) -- NASA launched the latest in an advanced series of weather satellites, the GOES-T, from Florida on Tuesday to improve weather forecasting over the Pacific…

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch the GOES-T weather satellite toward geostationary orbit for NOAA and NASA. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.…

Artist’s concept of the GOES-T satellite in orbit. Credit: Lockheed Martin A new NOAA weather satellite destined to track cyclones, wildfires, and solar flares from a perch high above the Western United States and Pacific Ocean is set for liftoff Tuesday from Cape Canaveral on a United Launch Alliance Atlas…

United Launch Alliance rolled out an Atlas 5 rocket to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Monday, moving the launcher into position for liftoff Tuesday afternoon with a NOAA weather satellite destined to cover the Western United States and the Pacific Ocean. The move began at 10:16 a.m. EST…

Home News Spaceflight The GOES-T satellite is seen before being encapsulated in its payload fairing Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Florida so it can be installed atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket ahead of a scheduled March 1, 2022 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (Image…

by Jeff Foust — February 23, 2022 NOAA is looking for information on commercial sources of space situational awareness data that could be included in the open architecture data repository (OADR) it is developing for civil space traffic management services. Credit: NOAA WASHINGTON — The Commerce Department is seeking information…

A new government report sheds light on an alarming estimate about the rise of sea levels over the next 30 years. Dr. Rick Spinrad, NOAA administrator and under secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, joined CBS News' Tanya Rivero to discuss. Read More

NASA will provide coverage of the prelaunch and launch activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next weather observing and environmental monitoring system satellite...Read More