# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BNBM9nrFlOw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11736366-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2016-11-20T04:36:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Liftoff! We successfully launched the first in a series of highly advanced geostationary weather satellites Saturday.

NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) lifted off at 6:42 p.m. EST on its way to boost the nation’s weather observation capabilities, leading to more accurate and timely forecasts, watches and warnings.

Credit: NASA/Tony Gray

#goesr #space #satellite #ula #ulalaunch #atlasv #launch #earth #weather #earthrightnow #noaa #science

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weather, goesr, satellite, earth, science, ula, earthrightnow, launch, space, noaa, ulalaunch, atlasv

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