CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying NASA's GOES-P meteorological satellite races to orbit from Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Liftoff was at 6 57 p.m. EST. GOES-P, the latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, was developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. The GOES-P spacecraft will be placed in a 22,300-mile-high geosynchronous orbit where it will appear to hover over a single point on Earth. The spacecraft is outfitted with a complex suite of observation instruments and cameras so it can accurately report on weather and climate conditions on Earth.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying NASA's GOES-P meteorological satellite races to orbit from Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Liftoff was at 6 57 p.m. EST. GOES-P, the latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, was developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. The GOES-P spacecraft will be placed in a 22,300-mile-high geosynchronous orbit where it will appear to hover over a single point on Earth. The spacecraft is outfitted with a complex suite of observation instruments and cameras so it can accurately report on weather and climate conditions on Earth.
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