GOES-S Atlas V First SRB Mate to Booster
A transport vehicle carrying a solid rocket booster (SRB) arrives at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The SRB will be mated to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V first stage to help boost NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-S, to orbit. GOES-S is the second in a series of four advanced geostationary weather satellites that will significantly improve the detection and observation of environmental phenomena that directly affect public safety, protection of property and the nation's economic health and prosperity. GOES-S is slated to launch March 1, 2018.
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KSC-20180201-PH_JBS01_0004
Date Created
February 1, 2018
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KSC
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NASA/Ben Smegelsky
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VIF; Pad 41
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