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GOES-R Short: Lightning
Where there's lightning, there's a strong chance of severe weather. The revolutionary Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM ) instrument on the new…
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GOES-R Short: Space Weather
Weather generally blows in from over the horizon, and the GOES-R satellite will keep an eye on what's coming. But GOES-R will also monitor space…
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GOES-R Short: Orbit
2,300 miles is a long way, but locked in orbit above the equator, it's home sweet home for a weather satellite, the nation's newest, called GOES-R.
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GOES-R Gets Launched!
How will NOAA’s GOES-R satellite get from its current home in Colorado to Kennedy Space Center for launch in October 2016? Watch this fun video to…
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GOES-R Is going to be Launched
How will NOAA’s GOES-R satellite get from its current home in Colorado to Kennedy Space Center for launch in October 2016? Watch this fun video.
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Meet GOES-R
Satellite science is fun for kids too! From weather and hazards on Earth to search and rescue and bursts of energy from the sun, the GOES-R satellite…
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GOES-R "Brain" and "Body" Are Mated, On Track for Launch
The GOES-R satellite System Module and Core Module subassemblies were successfully mated and now form the GOES-R spacecraft.
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NOAA: Next Generation Geostationary Satellite Instruments Delivered
Four of the six instruments that will fly on the GOES-R satellite ere delivered to Lockheed Martin in Denver for integration onto the spacecraft bus.
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