Doug Hill's Weather Blog
Tuesday June 30, 2009 at 9:46 am
GOES-14 Weather Satellite Now In Orbit
posted by Chris Naille: Meteorologist
category: Weather Facts and Oddities
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| (Credit: NASA) |
On Saturday June 27th, a rocket carrying a new sophisticated satellite headed into orbit some 22,300 miles-high where for the next six months it will under go testing before being placed into full time use. This new satellite, GOES 14, will join three other satellites GOES 11 and 12, already in use, as well as GOES 13 which is a back-up in "orbital storage." For the full story CLICK HERE.
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