KSC-05pd-0641
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - On Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the two fairing sections for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA-N) spacecraft are ready to be lifted up the launch service tower. The fairing is placed around the spacecraft to protect it during launch. NOAA-N is the fourth in the series of support dedicated microwave instruments for the generation of temperature, moisture, surface, and hydrological products in cloudy regions where visible and infrared (IR) instruments have decreased capability. Launch aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket is currently scheduled for no earlier than May 11, 2005.
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December 17, 2004
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