
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite A GOES-A was encapsulated inside its payload fairing aboard a Delta rocket at Complex 17. GOES-A is being launched by the Kennedy Space Center for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and will provide round-the-clock coverage of the powerful natural forces creating the weather in the Western Hemisphere. Photo Credit: NASA
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October 14, 1975
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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