Watch the New GOES Sat blast off today !

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Newest GOES weather satellite (GOES-P) is "GO" for launch at 5:17pm CST today aboard a Delta IV rocket. Watch live at nasa.gov/ntv

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[Deinonychus]

May I ask, why this is posted in the severe weather section?

[LSU TIGERS]

Hurricane and severe weather sat?

[wxchaser420]

I hope this thing has some newer onboard. I bet it'll have super-high resolution pictures. I hear the old ones have been up there for over 20 years. Technology back then was in its infancy compared to the stuff they got today.

[virgo10]

This is how it looked from my house some 80 miles away.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/virgo10/Florida%20Jan-Mar%202010/rocketlauncha3-4-10600x435.jpg