United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket has deployed an advanced weather satellite for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday. The mission to deploy the GOES-S satellite began with liftoff from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at the opening of a two-hour window at 17:02 Eastern Time (22:02 UTC).
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