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NASA Kids' Cartoon Interviews a "GOES-O" Weather Satellite Engineer
NASA's Space Place is a website that helps kids learn about Earth and space science and technology. The latest interview on the website's animated "Television show," called Space Place Live! features a scientist from the weather satellite that NASA is launching in 2009, called "GOES-O."
GOES-O Mission
Mission News
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GOES-P Set for Launch
02.04.10 - The GOES-P spacecraft was fueled on Jan. 30 and mated with the Delta IV that will put it in orbit.
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GOES-P Proceeds Toward Launch
01.26.10 - The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-P is proceeding through more checks in preparation for its launch, which is no earlier than March 1.
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GOES-P Spacecraft Being Processed in Florida
01.15.10 - The GOES-P Spacecraft Being Processed in Florida, and this describes what is currently happening during launch preparations.
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GOES-10 Deactivated, GOES-12 Jumps In
12.30.09 - On December 2, NOAA officially deactivated its GOES-10 satellite after 12 years of service. By May 2010, the GOES-12 satellite will replace GOES-10, which was covering South America, and GOES-13 will take GOES-12's place over the eastern U.S.
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GOES- P Satellite Arrives At Kennedy
12.18.09 - GOES- P Satellite Arrives At Kennedy For Final Prelaunch Testing
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GOES-14 (O) Moving into On-Orbit Storage Around the Earth
11.30.09 - The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite named GOES-14, is being placed in on-orbit storage this month to await its call to duty.
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NASA Releases GOES-14 Satellite Video of Hurricane Bill
08.21.09 - NASA has released a video of Hurricane Bill today from the GOES-14 satellite. The video was put together from a series of still frames taken by the satellite using both infrared and visible imagery and provides different views of Hurricane Bill on August 20.
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GOES-O Releases First Solar Image
08.17.09 - GOES- 14, formerly GOES-O, has achieved another significant milestone with the release of the first formal Solar Image from the Solar X-Ray Imager (SXI).
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NASA and NOAA's GOES-14 Satellite Takes First Full Disk Image
07.28.09 - The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-14, provided its first visible full disk image of Earth on July 27, at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
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GOES-O Satellite Reaches Orbit and Renamed GOES-14
07.10.09 - GOES-O became GOES-14 once it reached its geosynchronous orbit on July 8, 2009.
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NASA and NOAA's GOES-O Satellite Successfully Launched
06.27.09 - 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 in Florida.
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GOES-O Weather Satellite Launch Scrubbed, Reset for June 27
06.26.09 - The GOES-O launch team will try again Saturday, June 27, to launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O.
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NASA Updates Media Badging and Coverage for GOES-O Launch
06.23.09 - NASA's Kennedy Space Center is updating its media badging support and NASA Television coverage for the launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O spacecraft.
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NASA Sets Coverage for Goes-O Launch on June 26
06.16.09 - The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O, or GOES-O, is scheduled for a liftoff on Friday, June 26, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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NASA AND NOAA’S GOES-O Satellite Ready For Launch
06.16.09 - NASA is preparing for the launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O (GOES-O) from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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GOES-O Satellite Arrives at KSC for Final Pre-Launch Testing
03.03.09 - After arriving yesterday, the satellite was transported to Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., where final testing of the imaging system, instrumentation, communications and power systems will be performed.
GOES-14 Videos
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GOES-11 Movie of Hurricane Jimena Making Landfall in Baja California
The GOES-11 satellite captured Hurricane Jimena from September 1 to 4, as it moved north in the eastern Pacific Ocean, made landfall over Baja California and moved into the Gulf of California before making a final landfall in western Mexico.
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NASA Watches Hurricane Season 2009 With Fresh Eyes
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 "GOES-11 satellite captured Jimena's clouds over the Gulf of California and western Mexico")
 "NASA GOES Deputy Project Manager Andre Dress")
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