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Business/Financial

GOES-O Satellite Launched To Orbit Atop Delta IV Rocket From Cape

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Monday, June 29th, 2009

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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket roared from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Saturday evening, to place a Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O, into orbit. Ironically, that liftoff of the weather-watching satellite earlier had been delayed by weather, pesky thunderstorms within 10 miles of the pad that menaced the rocket. But finally, a day late, weather permitted the launch at 6:51 p.m. ET Saturday night. ULA is a joint venture of…

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