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Weather satellite for the West Coast launched from Cape Canaveral
A weather satellite set to bring new storm tracking capabilities to the western United States and the Pacific Ocean rode into space atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket Thursday.
Video: Replay of Atlas 5’s launch with GOES-S weather satellite
NOAA's GOES-S weather satellite, the latest in a series of meteorological observatories dating back to 1975, lifted off Thursday from Cape Canaveral aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.
Video: Atlas 5 launch with GOES-S viewed from KSC press site (members only)
Watch a replay of the Atlas 5 rocket launch with the GOES-S weather satellite from Cape Canaveral, as seen from the Kennedy Space Center press site around 4 miles from the launch pad.
Watch a live view of the Atlas 5 launch pad with countdown audio (members only)
Spaceflight Now members can watch a live view of Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 launch pad as an Atlas 5 rocket counts down to liftoff at 5:02 p.m. EST (2202 GMT) Thursday with the GOES-S weather satellite.
Photos: Atlas 5 treks from hangar to launch pad with GOES-S weather satellite
Rolling out on the eve of liftoff with the GOES-S weather satellite, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket journeyed 1,800 feet from its vertical assembly hangar to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad Wednesday.
Video: Time-lapse of Atlas 5’s rollout for launch of GOES-S (members only)
Watch a time-lapse video of the Atlas 5 rocket's rollout at Cape Canaveral on Feb. 28, on the eve of liftoff with the GOES-S weather satellite.
VideoAtlas 5/GOES-S launch timeline
This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the GOES-S weather satellite. Launch is scheduled for Thursday during a two-hour window opening at 5:02 p.m. EST (2202 GMT).
VideoSecond of NOAA’s “high-definition” weather satellites ready for launch
The second satellite in a quartet of new NOAA weather observatories is awaiting liftoff Thursday aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, heading for a position 22,000 miles from Earth to scan the western United States and Pacific Ocean for typhoons, wildfires and fog.
VideoLive coverage: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched at 5:02 p.m. EST (2202 GMT) Thursday from Cape Canaveral with NOAA's GOES-S weather satellite, the second in a series of upgraded observatories destined to cover the western United States and the Pacific Ocean.
Atlas 5 launch on track for Thursday, SpaceX mission expected to slip
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket is set to roll to its launch pad Wednesday at Cape Canaveral, a day before liftoff with a new-generation NOAA weather satellite. The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Spanish communications satellite is expected to be shuffled after the Atlas 5 flight in a rapid-fire launch sequence at the Florida spaceport this week.