The GOES-U satellite took off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Tuesday afternoon, although its launch was delayed by the threat of storms.
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00:00U.S. space agency NASA has launched its final SpaceX weather satellite into orbit, completing
00:07a fleet of four at the heart of an $11 billion upgrade to the nation's forecasting infrastructure.
00:13The GOESU satellite took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday afternoon,
00:19although its launch was delayed by the threat of storms.
00:23The new satellite will provide continuous real-time coverage of weather and dangerous
00:27environmental conditions, including hurricanes, across much of the Western Hemisphere.