Weather Satellite Built In Colorado Set To Blast Into Orbit

By Dave Aguilera
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (CBS4) – 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.
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The slow process of rolling the rocket to the pad took a little over a half hour once the process began.
The satellite on board is the GOES-R. That’s the first of four new satellites scheduled to be launched between now and 2024 that will be