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GOES-R Launches Atop United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket

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Nov 20, 2016
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GOES-R launches atop the Atlas V rocket at Pad 41 at 6:42 p.m. EST.
GOES-R launches atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket
Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with a single-engine Centaur upper stage lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R). Liftoff was at 6:42 p.m. EST.