MSNBC: U.S.’ Next-Gen Weather Satellite in the Path of Hurricane Matthew on the Space Coast

‘This week teams were building tents over that satellite trying to give it extra protection against the storm’

WITT: "GOES-R — that is a $1.2 billion spacecraft that is being touted as a complete game changer in America’s weather satellite coverage but it is currently parked in Titusville, Florida. We saw Gadi Schwartz before reporting from there earlier. Clearly Matthew has been dumping inches of rain in Titusville. Well, GOES-R is expected to launch on November 4th. And this week teams were reportedly building tents over that satellite trying to give it extra protection against the storm. A spokesperson for NOAA has said that the satellite is being held in a building which can withstand a category 4 hurricane.”  

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