Satellite Launches

Satellites need to be launched on rockets to get into space.

Below, get the latest on NOAA satellite launches.

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    Satellite Snapshots
    COSMIC-2 Launched!
    COSMIC-2, a mission of six satellites designed to improve weather forecasts and space weather…
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    Satellite Snapshots
    GOES East Catches Glimpse of SpaceX Launch
    SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful operational rocket, launched the communications…
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    Feature Story
    Go GOES-S!
    GOES-S launched into space at 5:02 pm ET from Kennedy Space Center on March 1, 2018.
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    Satellite Snapshots
    JPSS-1 Liftoff!
    At 1:47 PT, NOAA's JPSS-1 left Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in…
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    Feature Story
    GOES-R Spacecraft Separation
    Spacecraft separation has been confirmed and GOES-R is flying free in space for the first time.…
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    Satellite Snapshots
    Atlas V GOES-R Launch Highlights
    Highlights leading up to and during the GOES-R launch, the GOES-R, GOES-S, and GOES-T launch…
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    Feature Story
    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…