When the GOES-East weather satellite went dark in September 2012, a back-up satellite orbiting nearby sprang into action.
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The future of weather monitoring and forecasting just got more colorful and a whole lot clearer.
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This ground-based photograph shows the GOES-O-bearing Delta IV rocket lifting off from Launch Complex 27 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 27, 2009.
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A satellite in a geostationary orbit is in a “sweet spot” in which it orbits at the same speed that Earth rotates.
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This photo shows the GOES-P satellite launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 4, 2010.
Super rapid scan images of Hurricane Isaac taken from geostationary orbit reveal the movement of clouds at different altitudes.
Severe Storms
Coastal fog snakes its way into the channel between Washington state and Vancouver Island.
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The Steinhatchee fire in northern Florida had burned more than 54,000 acres by the end of Thursday, May 24, 2001.
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