NASA Commentator George Diller welcomes viewers to the countdown to launch of the GOES-O satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket. The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O was developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. Each of the GOES satellites continuously provides observations of 60 percent of the Earth including the continental United States, providing weather monitoring and forecast operations as well as a continuous and reliable stream of environmental information and severe weather warnings.
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