NEW: NOAA's Winter Weather Outlook calls for above-average precipitation

On October 16, 1975, NASA launched the first operational GOES satellite! Space History Archives👉https://space-com.visitlink.me/xpyY8L GOES A was the first in a series of weather satellites that NASA jointly operated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The name is short for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. GOES A launched on a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral. GOES satellites all have a geostationary orbit, which means they always face the same part