KSC-05pd-0652
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the container holding the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA-N) spacecraft arrives inside a hangar where it will undergo preflight processing. 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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January 13, 2005
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