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An unmanned rocket carrying the nation's latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite blasted off from Cape Canaveral early Saturday evening. The satellite is headed to a 22,000-mile-high orbit where it will undergo six months of testing.

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NASA Launches Delta-IV Rocket With GOES-O Weather Satellite



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A ULA Delta 4 rocket, configured in a Medium (4,2) setup with two solid rocket boosters, has successfully launched the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite O, at  2251 GMT, 27th June, 2009.

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NASA Sets Coverage for Goes-O Launch on June 26
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O, or GOES-O, is scheduled for a liftoff on Friday, June 26, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The one-hour launch window extends from 6:14 to 7:14 p.m. EDT. GOES-O is the second of three in the current series of geostationary weather and environmental satellites.
NASA will provide television, Internet and photo coverage of the launch starting with a prelaunch news conference at 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre news centre.

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With the GOES-O spacecraft and the Delta IV launch vehicle fully integrated, the NASA and industry teams will perform final processing and testing in preparation for a June 26, 2009, evening launch. With the launch vehicle technical issues coming to a close, the June 26th launch date looks promising. The GOES teams are well prepared for the launch and are looking forward to the spacecraft in orbit activation, checkout, and successful handover to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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NASA's Space Place is a website that helps kids learn about Earth and space science and technology. The latest interview on the website's animated "Television show," called Space Place Live! features a scientist from the weather satellite that NASA is launching in 2009, called "GOES-O."
In the latest episode of the Space Place Live, animated young hosts Kate and Kyo interview a cartoon version of the GOES satellite Deputy Project Manager, Andre Dress. Andre works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland. He talked with Kate and Kyo about the new GOES-O weather satellite as it is being prepared for launch. There have been 13 GOES satellites launched already. Before they launch, they are named with a letter, once they're in orbit, the name changes to a number, so GOES-O would become GOES-14.

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The  Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-O) atop a Delta IV launch vehicle is scheduled to launch from Launch Complex 37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, no earlier than the 26th June 2009.
The launch window has still to be arranged.

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In the spring of 2004, the GOES-O spacecraft was under construction, and went through thermal-vac testing in the spring of 2005. In mid-2005, it was placed in pre-launch storage at Boeing Space Systems (BSS).
As of March 2006, the GOES-O launch date was planned for 7 July 2007.
As of January 2009, the GOES-O launch date is planned for 28 April 2009.
When a fuel leak was discovered in early April, the launch date was moved to 12 May 2009.

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