GOES-J launched amid worries House budget will halve NOAA coverage

NASA launched the newest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-J) into its transfer orbit early Tuesday, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was worried that the House Republican budget would cut its weather satellite coverage in half. Liftoff of GOES-J...

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