Earth ID: 10252

GOES-O Ready to Launch!

Released on June 18, 2009

This video shows a quick tour and overview of the facilities where the GOES-O satellite was built and tested prior to launch. GOES-O was integrated by Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems in El Segundo, CA and then transported to the testing facility in Titusville, FL. After completion of the test program, performed at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, the spacecraft will be launched on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral, FL.

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For More Information

http://nasa.gov/GOES-O

Credits

Silvia Stoyanova (UMBC): Video Editor
Alicia Evans (Boeing): Interviewee
Paul Birnbaum (Boeing): Interviewee
John Fiorello (ASRC Aerospace Corp): Interviewee
Chris Wheeler (NOAA): Interviewee
Silvia Stoyanova (UMBC): Producer

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
GOES-O

This item is part of these series:
GOES
Narrated Movies
GOES-O Productions
Goddard Best of 2009 Film Festival
Goddard Shorts

Goddard TV Tape:
G2009-004 -- GOES-O

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Climate
SVS >> Earth
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Satellite
SVS >> Weather
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Tornados
SVS >> Edited Feature
SVS >> GOES
SVS >> NOAA
SVS >> GOES-O
DLESE >> Narrated
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0