http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories201 ... oes15.html
GOES-15, launched on March 4, 2010, from Cape Canaveral, Fla., joins three other NOAA operational GOES spacecraft that help the agency's forecasters track life-threatening weather – from tornadoes, floods and hurricanes -- and solar activity that can impact the satellite-based electronics and communications industry.
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