GOES-R Satellite Will Revolutionize Forecasting Severe Weather

By Dave Aguilera
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The AtlasV rocket, carrying the next generation of weather satellites, is at the launchpad ready for liftoff on Saturday afternoon at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
CBS4 Meteorologist Dave Aguilera goes into greater detail about what the satellite is and how it will revolutionize forecasting severe storms.
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GOES is the acronym for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. While the GOES-R was built by Lo