A GOES-R Series Weather Satellite Gets Launched 2:07 music and opening credits 00:08 Now it's my time to shine in outer space. I'm a GOES-R series weather satellite. That stands for a 00:17 geostationary operational environmental satellite R series, and the R stands for my order 00:24 in the series of weather satellites. Like my older siblings before me I do a 00:29 lot for watching weather, but I'm pretty special because I have a lot of new 00:33 gadgets. I'm originally from Colorado, but my journey to space had a few stops 00:38 along the way. I was shipped in a very special satellite shipping container to 00:43 Kennedy Space Center. Moving me around was not easy. I'm over 18 feet wide and 00:49 weigh six thousand pounds... And then things got really exciting! I was loaded 00:55 onto a big rocket, woo! After we blasted off together 01:00 my compartment separated from the launch vehicle, and I continued to 01:04 climb higher and higher. Then I broke away completely and unfurled my solar 01:09 panel and antenna. 01:15 After that I had to use my thrusters to get into just the right position 01:19 22,000 miles above the ground and traveling 1.9 miles per second to keep 01:25 up with Earth's rotation, and then I officially started my job along with my 01:31 sister satellites where I take advanced pictures for more accurate 01:35 weather forecasts, map lightning in real time and improve the monitoring of the 01:40 sun's activity. It's so awesome! music and credits