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Rocket with secret payload launches from Calif.

(AP) -- A rocket carrying a top-secret payload blasted off Tuesday from the California coast.

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created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Pentagon, NASA open space launch missions to private ventures

The U.S. government has taken the first steps toward allowing commercial space companies to launch its national security satellites into outer space.

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created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA and NOAA's Environmental Satellite Now GOES-15

(PhysOrg.com) -- Twelve days after a flawless launch, NASA and NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P (GOES-P) reached its proper orbit and was renamed GOES-15. The latest weather satellite will complete ...

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created Mar 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's high-tech GOES-P weather satellite lifts off

NASA on Thursday launched the latest in its family of high-tech meteorological satellites, adding to a constellation of spacecraft that watch storm development and weather conditions on Earth.

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created Mar 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

NASA to launch latest high-tech weather satellite

The United States is poised to launch Thursday the latest in its family of high-tech meteorological satellites that watch storm development and weather conditions on Earth from high in space.

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created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA, NOAA Ready GOES-P Satellite for March 2 Launch

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P, or GOES-P, is scheduled for launch aboard a Delta IV rocket on Tuesday, March 2, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The one-hour launch window extends ...

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created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GOES-P Set for Launch

(PhysOrg.com) -- The GOES spacecraft continues its processing at the Astrotech Facility in Titusville, Fla. and fuel was loaded into the GOES-P spacecraft on Saturday, January 30. The fuel will keep GOES-P ...

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created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GOES-P spacecraft being processed in Florida

During the first three weeks in January, the latest in the series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites also known as GOES-P is being processed and prepped for launch. Meanwhile, the first ...

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created Jan 16, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sophisticated weather satellite rockets into orbit

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O, soared into space today after a successful launch from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ...

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created Jun 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

GOES-O satellite arrives at KSC for final pre-launch testing

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), called GOES-O, arrived this morning by a C17 military ...

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created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0