Best US weather satellite ever awaits nighttime launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The nation’s most advanced weather satellite ever awaits a nighttime liftoff. NASA is launching the $1 billion GOES-R satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. An unmanned Atlas rocket is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday evening. A last-minute rocket problem put the countdown on […]