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NASA Sets GOES-S Weather Satellite Launch for March 1

NASA Sets GOES-S Weather Satellite Launch for March 1 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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NASA Sets GOES-S Weather Satellite Launch for March 1 - top government contractors - best government contracting eventNASA has announced the launch date of a second weather satellite in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series as March 1.

GOES-S will lift off at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s 41st Space Launch Complex in Florida aboard an Atlas V rocket during a two-hour window opening at 5:02 p.m. Eastern time, NASA said Wednesday.

The  Lockheed Martin-built satellite will work to monitor weather occurrences over the western hemisphere and be renamed GOES-17 once it reaches geostationary orbit.

NASA and NOAA launched the first geostationary weather satellite in November 2016 to aid weather forecasting.

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Written by Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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