Connecting the Pieces
United Launch Alliance team members prepare GOES-R for encapsulation inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Florida near NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The payload fairing protects the spacecraft during the ascent through Earth's atmosphere. Check out our full launch story and video recap.
Up-Ending the Situation
Team members assist as GOES-R is raised and prepared for lifting to the vertical position in the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. GOES-R will be the first satellite in a series of next-generation NOAA GOES Satellites. Check out our full launch story and video recap.
Readying for Launch
NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) is set to leave from the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Floride, on November 9. The satellite is planned to launch on November 19 on the Atlas V rocket.Check out our full launch story and video recap.
Down and Away
From inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a crane lifts the GOES-R satellite, inside its fairing, preparing it to be mated to the Atlas V Centaur. The launch is expected to take place November 9, 2016. Check out our full launch story and video recap.
Arriving at the Cape
The GOES-R satellite arrives at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It will be mated to the Atlas V Centaur in preparation for the November 19 launch.Check out our full launch story and video recap.
A Match Made, At Cape
The GOES-R spacecraft, inside its fairing, connected to its launch vehicle at Space Launch Complex 41. Check out our full launch story and video recap.
Up, Up and Away
The Atlas V Centaur second stage, a rocket by United Launch Alliance, with the GOES-R satellite rises up to be moved into the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Check out our full launch story and video recap.
Cleaning and Prep
ULA team members inspect and clean the half of the fairing for GOES-R. The fairing protects the spacecraft during the ascent through Earth’s atmosphere after launch aboard the Atlas V 541 rocket in November. Check out our full launch story and video recap.
Up She Goes
ULA's Atlas V first stage for GOES-R is lifted to vertical at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41. This stage of the Atlas V rocket contains the fuel and oxygen tanks that feed the engine for ascent and powers the spacecraft into orbit. Check out our full launch story and video recap.
Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3
Team members prepare for an optics test on GOES-R’s Advanced Baseline Imager, the primary optical instrument, inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Florida. Carbon dioxide will be sprayed on the imager to clean it and test its sensitivity.
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