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GOES-P Launch
On March 4, 2010, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-P was launched on top of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV launch vehicle, from launch pad 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Once in geostationary orbit, GOES-P became GOES-15, the latest satellite in a fleet of satellites that help predict weather in North America.
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Kepler is the first NASA mission capable of finding terrestrial exo-planets. Of particular interest are the planets orbiting in the so-called habitable zone, where conditions are met so that liquid water can exist on the surface of the planet.
The observations made so far have brought clear evidence that planets orbiting around other stars are a common thing, rather than the exception to the rule. Due to the limitations of present technology, only gas giants, hot-super Earths in short period orbits, and ice giants have been discovered.
The Kepler mission, part of NASA’s Discovery Program, is designed to survey a portion of our region of the Milky Way. Kepler will survey a large number of stars, and explore the structure and diversity of many planetary systems.
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On March 6, 2009, the Delta II launch vehicle carrying Kepler lifted off from Launch Complex 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 
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