The Nation - News from April 24, 1986
America will get a second weather eye in the sky next week when the launch of the GOES-G satellite restores observation ability lost in a satellite failure nearly two years ago. Once the new instrument goes into service, the seasonal satellite shifts that have been needed to concentrate on one danger area at the potential expense of other localities, will no longer be necessary. The new satellite from a fixed spot over the Equator will watch the Eastern part of the United States and the Atlantic Ocean.
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