America’s newest weather satellite blasted off Tuesday to improve wildfire and flood forecasting across the western half of the country. It’s the replacement for a satellite launched exactly four years ago, which ended up with a cooling line blockage that hindered its main camera.
The third in a series of four GOES weather satellites will be sent into orbit next year. It will reach an equatorial orbit 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) up. The first soared in 2016 to track Atlantic hurricanes and other East Coast weather. The second lifted off on March 1, 2018, and the third is set for launch in 2024.
The first two satellites in the series captured video of the rocket soaring out over the Atlantic from Cape Canaveral.
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