Weather satellite captures its twin satellite being launched into space

The GOES-S weather satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, joining its sibling satellite GOES-R. 

Here's a GIF of it, tweeted by atmospheric scientist Dakota Smith. GOES-R captured its twin bursting through the atmosphere so quickly, you'll miss it if you blink. 

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The water vapor imagery of GOES-S taking off. Simply incrediblepic.twitter.com/fIQYsTlYHa

— Dakota Smith (@weatherdak) March 1, 2018

Here's another view from GOES-R, now known as GOES-16, which operates in the GOES-East position. GOES-S will be known as GOES-17, and will operate in the GOES-West position.  Read more...

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