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+  "date": "2024-06-24T17:21:59.000Z",
+  "title": "On the GOES",
+  "canonicalUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/on-the-goes/",
+  "imageUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ksc-20240614-ph-jbs01-0076orig.jpg",
+  "imageAlt": "NOAA's GOES-U satellite (left) and NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (right) are both lit up at night. GOES-U is a white cylindrical object and the VAB is a tall, square building.",
+  "author": "Monika Luabeya"
+}
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+On June 14, 2024, NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) last Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, [GOES-U](https://science.nasa.gov/mission/goes/#Launch-Information), started its journey from the Astrotech Space Operations facility to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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+GOES-U is the final weather-observing and environmental monitoring satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series. GOES-U will enhance meteorologists’ ability to provide advanced weather forecasting and warning capabilities. It also will improve detection and monitoring of space weather hazards using a new compact coronagraph instrument.
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+[Get updates on the GOES blog.](https://blogs.nasa.gov/goes/)
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+_Image Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky_