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The GOES-N Photo Library
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA.
PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. At KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility,
the latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-N) developed
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is secured
on a transporter. The satellite is being transported to Astrotech in Titusville,
Fla., where final testing of the imaging system, instrumentation,
communications and power systems will be performed.
PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
(GOES-N) developed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) travels past the Vehicle Assembly
Building at KSC. The satellite is being transported to Astrotech in Titusville, Florida,
where final testing of the imaging system, instrumentation, communications and power systems
will be performed. The satellite arrived at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility aboard a United States
Air Force C17 military cargo aircraft. Called GOES-N, the satellite is targeted to launch June 23,
2005, on a Boeing expendable launch vehicle Delta IV (4,2). Once in orbit GOES-N will be designated
GOES-13 and will complete checkout and be placed in on-orbit storage as a replacement for an older
GOES satellite.
PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite (GOES) developed by NASA and Boeing (formerly Hughes) for the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is backed into a Astrotech facility
in Titusville, Fla. There it will undergo final testing of the imaging system,
instrumentation, communications and power systems will be performed over the next
few months by Boeing and NASA. The satellite arrived earlier at KSC’s Shuttle Landing
Facility aboard a C17 military cargo aircraft. Called GOES-N, the satellite is
targeted to launch June 23, 2005, on a Boeing expendable launch vehicle
Delta IV (4,2). Once in orbit GOES-N will be designated GOES-13 and will
complete checkout and be placed in on-orbit storage as a replacement for an
older GOES satellite.
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