KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The GOES-M satellite is lowered toward the Atlas rocket in the launch tower at Complex 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. GOES-M is the last in the current series of advanced geostationary weather satellites in service. GOES-M has a new instrument not on earlier spacecraft, a Solar X-ray Imager, which can be used in forecasting space weather and the effects of solar storms. The satellite is scheduled to launch atop an Atlas rocket July 15 KSC-01pp1265
Summary
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The GOES-M satellite is lowered toward the Atlas rocket in the launch tower at Complex 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. GOES-M is the last in the current series of advanced geostationary weather satellites in service. GOES-M has a new instrument not on earlier spacecraft, a Solar X-ray Imager, which can be used in forecasting space weather and the effects of solar storms. The satellite is scheduled to launch atop an Atlas rocket July 15
Nothing Found.
Tags
kennedy space center
goes m
satellite
goes m satellite
atlas
rocket
atlas rocket
launch
tower
launch tower
station
cape canaveral air force station
geostationary
geostationary weather satellites
instrument
spacecraft
solar
x ray
imager
solar x ray imager
space weather
storms
air force
cape canaveral
high resolution
astronauts
rocket engines
rocket technology
nasa
Date
06/07/2001
Location
Source
NASA
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)