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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. On Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station, the second of two Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) is attached
to the Boeing Delta IV rocket inside the gantry. The Boeing 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 environmental monitoring. 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.
PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Complex 37-B, Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station, the Boeing Delta IV rocket is erect in 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.
PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the Delta Operations Center, Jack Reynolds
and Leslie Guzman (left and right), with Pratt & Whitney, closely guide
the nozzle for the RL-10 engine on the second stage of the Boeing Delta
IV rocket. The Delta IV is the launch vehicle for the Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-N), scheduled to launch on
June 23, 2005 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. GOES-N is a weather
satellite for NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).
The first of a series of three advanced weather satellites including GOES-O and
GOES-P, the GOES-N 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.
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