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Hi, I'm NASA Kennedy's Diana Calero and
I'm taking you Inside KSC!

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The GOES-R mission began Saturday with a roaring
evening liftoff from Space Launch Complex

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41.

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NASA's Launch Services Program, based at Kennedy
and working closely with United Launch Alliance,

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sent the weather satellite into orbit for
NOAA aboard an Atlas V rocket.

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Once operational, the satellite will provide
forecasters with much more information than

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before.

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AL ROKER: If we can give people another 10,
15, 20 minutes.

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We are taking about lives being saved.

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The GOES-R spacecraft was the first in a series
of advanced meteorological satellites that

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will increase lead times, provide better storm
tracking and produce real-time maps of lightning.

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GOES-R will orbit more than 22,000 miles above
Earth where it will observe the western hemisphere.