NASA, ULA Launch Advanced NOAA Weather Satellite

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. Liftoff was at 5:02 p.m. EST. GOES-S is the second satellite in a series of next-generation weather satellites. Credits: NASA/Kim ShiflettWASHINGTON, March 1, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA successfully launched the second in a series of next-generation weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 5:02 p.m. EST Thursday. NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental...