NASA’s Launch Services Program, or LSP, and United Launch Alliance work together to move the Atlas V rocket – payload and all – to the launch pad and launch! Years of planning and coordination pay off with a successful liftoff, setting the stage for a busy year of launches ahead for LSP. GOES-S, the next in a series of advanced weather satellites, launched aboard the Atlas V on March 1, 2018.
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