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| Keywords: goes-r goesr noaa noaa satellites noaasatellites nesdis noaa satellite and information service noaasatelliteandinformationservice space segment spacesegment spacecraft next generation nextgeneration satellite weather satellite weathersatellite nasa lockheed martin lockheedmartin launch kennedy space center kennedyspacecenter countdowntolaunch Can you believe there is a satellite in there? GOES-R is all packed up and ready to go on August 22, 2016. Next step: Boarding a U.S. Air Force C-5. The GOES-R satellite reached another milestone on August 22, 2016 as it flew from Colorado to Florida to prepare for launch. It was stored in a special satellite shipping container and flown aboard a U.S. Air Force C-5 military transport from Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado, to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Shipping a satellite is no small feat. GOES-R is over 18 feet wide and weighs over 6,000 lb! Credit: NOAA/NASA For the latest launch information, visit: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES-R/ Can you believe there is a satellite in there? GOES-R is all packed up and ready to go on August 22, 2016. Next step: Boarding a U.S. Air Force C-5. The GOES-R satellite reached another milestone on August 22, 2016 as it flew from Colorado to Florida to prepare for launch. It was stored in a special satellite shipping container and flown aboard a U.S. Air Force C-5 military transport from Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado, to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Shipping a satellite is no small feat. GOES-R is over 18 feet wide and weighs over 6,000 lb! Credit: NOAA/NASA For the latest launch information, visit: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES-R/ | ||||
