GOES-R Lift and Mate
A crane is used to lift the payload fairing containing NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GOES-R will be mated to the United Launch Alliance Atlas V Centaur upper stage in preparation for launch in November. GOES-R is the first satellite in a series of next-generation NOAA GOES Satellites.
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NASA ID
KSC-20161109-PH_DAC01_0072
Date Created
November 9, 2016
Center
KSC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Dan Casper
Location
VIF, Pad 41
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