Atlas 5 GOES-T
The first stage of the Atlas 5 that will launch the GOES-T weather satellite arrives at ULA's Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41.

Preparations are underway for the launch of the next in a series of geostationary weather satellites that will also mark the end of a decades-long streak for one company.

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Jeff Foust has more than a decade of experience writing about space policy, entrepreneurial ventures and regulatory affairs. In 2001, he established spacetoday.net to aggregate and summarize the day's space-related news stories. In 2003, he started The...