Powerful GOES-U weather satellite launches into orbit of SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket (video)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A next-generation weather satellite has left its home planet behind. After concerns that the weather would not cooperate, a perfect window of opportunity opened today (June 25) for the launch of GOES-U, the fourth and final member of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-R series of Earth observation … Read more