The GOES satellites monitoring the weather of the United States are ________

A) no longer used
B) geostationary
C) responsible for x-ray analyses of clouds
D) orbiting Earth at an altitude of 80 kilometers
E) orbiting from pole to pole (polar orbiting)


Answer: B

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