Launch of GOES-U weather satellite

A new weather satellite destined to surveil the United States East Coast and the Atlantic Ocean launched Tuesday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The satellite, which is currently called GOES-U, was ironically delayed about ten minutes because of storms near the launch pad.
GOES-U is a collaboration between NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and NASA. It is the first of the government's weather satellites to be launched by SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket. SpaceX is the privately owned space company that has also been launching NASA astronauts to space since 2020.
The GOES-U weather satellite is the last in the series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites launched since 2016.
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