Editor's note for March 1: NASA and NOAA will launch the new GOES-T satellite from Florida on March 1 using an Atlas V rocket. You can watch the launch live here , beginning at 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT) .

GOES-T is the latest spacecraft in the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) $11.7 billion, four-satellite Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R series.

A new weather satellite named GOES-T will launch into space on Tuesday, March 1.The satellite will be one of three Geostationary Operation Environmental Satellites, also known as GOES, in the R Series ...

NOAA's GOES-19 satellite became operational this week, replacing GOES-16. Features include a new instrument that will provide critical information about impending geomagnetic storm conditions.