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Twenty-two thousand, three hundred miles is a long way

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but locked in orbit above the equator it's home sweet home if you're a weather satellite.

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The nation's newest, called GOES-R, 

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will watch the western hemisphere, providing vital data for state-of-the-art weather forecasts.