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A United Launch Alliance
Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-S at 5:02 p.m. EST on March 1, 2018. GOES-S is the second satellite in a series of next-generation weather satellites. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER, FL – The nations newest and most powerful weather observatory blasted
off at dinnertime Thursday, March 1 and put on a stunningly delicious launch
display as it roared to space from the Sunshine State under near ideal weather conditions.
CENTER, FL – The nations newest and most powerful weather observatory blasted
off at dinnertime Thursday, March 1 and put on a stunningly delicious launch
display as it roared to space from the Sunshine State under near ideal weather conditions.
The Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite-S (GOES-S) lifted off on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V
rocket from seaside Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
in Florida at 5:02 p.m. EST on
March 1, 2018.
Satellite-S (GOES-S) lifted off on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V
rocket from seaside Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
in Florida at 5:02 p.m. EST on
March 1, 2018.
Check out our expanding
gallery of photos and videos from a variety of locations surrounding pad 41 on
the Cape.
gallery of photos and videos from a variety of locations surrounding pad 41 on
the Cape.
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A United Launch Alliance
Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-S at 5:02 p.m. EST on March 1, 2018. GOES-S is the second satellite in a series of next-generation weather satellites. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
GOES-S will deliver
a quantum leap in weather forecasting for the western United States just as
GOES-R – the first satellite in the new series – is now doing for the eastern
United Stated since it only recently became operational in December 2017.
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A United Launch Alliance
Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the NOAA/NASA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-S at 5:02 p.m. EST on March 1, 2018. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
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A United Launch Alliance
Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the NOAA/NASA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-S at 5:02 p.m. EST on March 1, 2018. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
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ULA Atlas V Launch
of NOAA/NASA GOES-S weather satellite on March 1, 2018. Credit: Julian Leek |
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ULA Atlas V rocket lifts
off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the NOAA/NASA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-S at 5:02 p.m. EST on March 1, 2018. – as seen from the VAB roof. GOES-S will be stationed over the western US. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com |
Watch this
launch video compilation:
launch video compilation:
Video Caption: COMPILATION Views / GOES-S
Launches atop ULA Atlas V Rocket on March 1, 2018 from CCAFS pad 41. Credit:
Jeff Seibert
Watch for Ken’s continuing onsite coverage of NASA, SpaceX,
ULA, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Orbital ATK and more space and mission
reports direct from the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station, Florida.
ULA, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Orbital ATK and more space and mission
reports direct from the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station, Florida.
Stay tuned here for Ken’s continuing
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at kenkremer.com
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twitter @ken_kremer – ken
at kenkremer.com
