This image provided by NASA shows a Delta IV rocket with a new GOES weather satellite aboard lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Thursday night, March 4, 2010. (AP Photo/NASA)
Updated: Friday, 05 Mar 2010, 6:46 AM EST
Published : Friday, 05 Mar 2010, 6:46 AM EST
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has launched the nation's newest weather satellite.
An unmanned rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Thursday evening, carrying a $500 million GOES satellite.
The spacecraft will undergo testing for the next six months and will eventually be an orbiting spare in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite network. The satellites are operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
They provide vital images of hurricanes and other storms that threaten the United States. Meteorologists say they couldn't track storms or issue the proper warnings without them.
The new satellite is GOES-P. It will become GOES-15 once it reaches the proper orbit.
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