Delta IV carrying GOES-P launch 3/4/2010

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Channel: TheTimTracker · 2010 · Science & Technology

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The Delta IV carrying GOES-P lifted off at 6:57 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Once in orbit, the GOES-P will become GOES-15. It will be used to monitor weather, ocean temperature, study climate changes and detect hazards with its emergency beacon support and Search and Rescue Transponder. The full name of the satellite is Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P. GOES-P, launched for NASA and NOAA, is a United Launch Alliance commercial launch for Boeing Launch Services under a Federal Aviation Administration license.

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