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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. A Boeing Delta IV first stage spans the
entire
roadway as it approaches a Security gate at Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station. Two rockets were shipped by barge to Port Canaveral and offloaded
onto an Elevating Platform Transporter for the journey to the Horizontal
Integration Facility at Launch Complex 37, CCAFS. The rocket will be
used
for the launching of the GOES-N environmental satellite for NASA and
NOAA.
The GOES-N is the first in a series of three advanced weather satellites
including GOES-O and GOES-P. This satellite will provide continuous
monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis. It will provide a
constant vigil for the atmospheric “triggers” of severe weather
conditions such as tornadoes, flash floods, hail storms and hurricanes. When these
conditions develop, GOES-N will be able to monitor storm development
and track their movements.
PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. Arrival of the first and second stages of
the
Boeing Delta IV rocket at Launch Pad 37-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station is seen from the gantry. The Delta IV was transferred from
the
Horizontal Integration Facility where the two stages were mated. The
Delta
IV is scheduled to launch the GOES-N satellite June 23, 2005. The satellite
is the first of three for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration that will provide continuous monitoring necessary for
intensive data analysis. GOES-N will provide a constant vigil for the
atmospheric “triggers” of severe weather conditions such as tornadoes,
flash floods, hail storms and hurricanes. When these conditions develop,
GOES-N will be able to monitor storm development and track their movements.
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is responsible for development of
the
satellite and testing of the spacecraft and its instruments.
PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. On Launch Complex 37-B at Cape Canaveral
Air
Force Station, the Boeing Delta IV rocket is raised toward the gantry.The
Delta IV is the launch vehicle for the GOES-N satellite, the first
of three
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that will provide
continuous monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis. GOES-N
will
provide a constant vigil for the atmospheric “triggers” of severe
weather
conditions such as tornadoes, flash floods, hail storms and hurricanes.
When these conditions develop, GOES-N will be able to monitor storm
development and track their movements. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight
Center
is responsible for development of the satellite and testing of the
spacecraft and its instruments. GOES-N is scheduled for launch on
June 23,
2005.
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