In this image provided by NASA an unmanned rocket carrying the nation's latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite blasts off early Saturday evening June 27, 2009, a day late because of thunderstorms. The sophisticated new weather satellite headed toward a 22,000-mile-high orbit, where it will undergo six months of testing. AP Photo logo AP Photo 32 months ago

In this image provided by NASA an unmanned rocket carrying the nation's latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite blasts off early Saturday evening June 27, 2009, a day late because of thunderstorms. The sophisticated new weather satellite headed toward a 22,000-mile-high orbit, where it will undergo six months of testing.

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