Tag: GOES R
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Kennedy Space Center, Air Force station, brace for Matthew
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NOAA’s GOES-East weather satellite captured this image of Hurricane Matthew around 11:45 a.m. EDT (1445 GMT) Thursday, when the storm had maximum sustained winds of 140 mph. Credit: NOAA Launch pads and critical facilities at the Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station are braced…
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Kennedy Space Center, Air Force station, brace for Matthew
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NOAA’s GOES-East weather satellite captured this image of Hurricane Matthew around 11:45 a.m. EDT (1445 GMT) Thursday, when the storm had maximum sustained winds of 140 mph. Credit: NOAA Launch pads and critical facilities at the Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station are braced…
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Hurricane Matthew forecast track prompts precautions at the Cape
Forecast track from the 45th Space Wing’s Weather Squadron. As Hurricane Matthew churns ever closer to the United States, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station have begun preparations for possible impacts from the storm. At 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) today, KSC went to Hurricane Condition 3 alert status. HURCON…
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Hurricane Matthew forecast track prompts precautions at the Cape
Forecast track from the 45th Space Wing’s Weather Squadron. As Hurricane Matthew churns ever closer to the United States, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station have begun preparations for possible impacts from the storm. At 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) today, KSC went to Hurricane Condition 3 alert status. HURCON…
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Sophisticated new U.S. weather observatory being readied for launch
The GOES R weather satellite folded up for launch. Credit: Lockheed Martin CAPE CANAVERAL — On the cusp of advancing U.S. weather forecasting, a powerful new satellite was shipped from its Denver factory to the Cape today in preparation for launch in November. The first-of-its-kind observatory dubbed GOES R was flown aboard an Air Force…