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40 years of GOES

Submit on Friday, October 16th, 2015 22:51

40 years ago today, on 16 October 1975, NOAA’s first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Known as GOES-A when it launched, the satellite was designated GOES-1 once operational.

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