GOES-O Miossion Overview

GOES-O Stacked for FlightImage above: The Delta IV rocket and its GOES-O satellite payload have been joined at Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in preparation for flight. The Delta IV will loft the weather satellite into an orbit more than 22,000 miles above Earth where the GOES-O instruments can focus on weather and climate. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett