GOES-R Arrival and Offload
An Air Force C-5 Galaxy transport plane opens its nose section at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deliver the GOES-R spacecraft for launch processing. The GOES series are weather satellites operated by NOAA to enhance forecasts. The spacecraft is to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in November.
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KSC-20160822-PH_KLS01_0068
Date Created
August 22, 2016
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KSC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location
SLF
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