By Dave Ahearn The weather satellite system program, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series (GOES-R), may see a $1 billion jump in the price of the system, even after the number of planned satellites was halved to just two and a key sensor was dropped. A government watchdog agency reports that while some progress is being made in getting a handle on GOES-R costs and schedule, more progress is needed to whip the program into shape. That was the news…
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