Tag: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S)

US blasts off another satellite to boost weather forecasts

by Kerry Sheridan Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A new US satellite that offers speedy, high-resolution images of storms and may save lives by making forecasts more accurate blasted off Thursday from a NASA launchpad. “Three, two, one and liftoff!” said a NASA commentator as the Atlas V rocket rumbled into the blue sky at 5:02 pm (2202 GMT) over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S […]