The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-U satellite is slated to launch via SpaceX Falcon Heavy at 5:16 p.m. ET today from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The 3,000-kilogram satellite, which is the fourth satellite of NOAA’S GeoXO weather monitoring program, was manufactured by Bethesda, Md.-based defense contractor Lockheed Martin. NASA in May 2013 announced that it […]