KSC-05pd-0681
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - After its arrival at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, one of three Solid Rocket Boosters is lifted from the transporter and will be raised to a vertical position. It will be lifted up the launch service tower and mated with a Boeing Delta II rocket for the launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA-N) spacecraft. Launch of NOAA-N aboard the Boeing Delta II rocket is currently scheduled for May 11, 2005. 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.
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January 17, 2005
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