At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41, an Atlas V rocket with NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-R, lifts off at 6:42 EST. GOES-R is the first satellite in a series of next-generation GOES satellites for NOAA, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. It will launch to a geostationary orbit over the western hemisphere to provide images of storms and help meteorologists predict severe weather conditionals and develop long-range forecasts. KSC-20161119-PH FWM01 0040 (30299860904)

---

Size: 1936px × 1291px
Photo credit: © NASA Image Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, alliance, astronomy, atlas, copy, editorial, launch, nasa, news, night, noaa, photograph, photography, program, rocket, services, sky, space, stock, united, weather