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NASA: GOES-O satellite's lift off tomorrow

Cape Canaveral, USA - On board of a Delta IV launcher

Last preparations for the launch of the GOES-O (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) satellite are underway on launchpad 37B in Cape Canaveral. Lift off is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday 26, in a one-hour time window that goes from 6:14 to 7:14 pm EDT (10:14 - 11:14 pm GMT). Built together with Boeing, GOES-O is the latest weather satellite developed by NASA to aid meteorologists and...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1106342
Rome, Italy, 06/25/2009 16:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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