Florida crews prepare to launch world’s most advanced weather satellite

TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Rocket launches are fast and frequent from Florida’s Space Coast.

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Action News Jax’s sister station WFTV recently visited the precious cargo for another satellite, which is now being prepped in Titusville.

The special cargo is the GOES-U satellite.

GOES-U is the world’s most advanced geostationary weather satellite.

The satellite will join a network of spacecraft used to monitor everything from Atlantic hurricanes to space weather.

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