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NOAA’S GOES-U satellite launches with SpaceX, NASA
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NOAA’s GOES-U satellite lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 25, 2024, at 5:26 p.m. EDT. The fourth and final weather-observing and environmental-monitoring satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series assists meteorologists in providing advanced weather forecasting and warning capabilities.
Monica Todirita, GOES-R/GeoXO Flight Project Deputy Manager
"With GOES-U, NOAA put into operation a complex observing system that builds on remote-sensing advancements and provides vital capabilities for Earth and Space Weather forecast processes. We are constantly learning new ways to use this satellite data to better understand atmospheric and cosmic phenomena."