Delta IV launches GOES-N

5/24/06 ~ 6:11 p.m.

A 21-story Boeing Delta IV rocket, the fifth to fly since 2002, sends the next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 'N', or GOES-N weather satellite into space for NASA and NOAA. The $475 million spacecraft will provide the latest technology in every day forecasting and hurricane prediction.