U.S. NOAA: Newest geostationary satellite reaches final destination.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 August 1998-U.S. NOAA: Newest geostationary satellite reaches final destination (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:270898 GOES-10, the country's newest geostationary weather satellite, has reached its operating location overlooking the West Coast of the United States and well out into the Pacific Ocean, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced today.

GOES satellite images are best known to television viewers as the cloud images that are shown on weather forecasts. GOES-10 was launched on April 25, 1997, from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla. After achieving a geostationary orbit 22,300 miles above the Earth, and undergoing on- orbit testing, the satellite was placed into on-orbit storage to replace one of two...