File:GOES-R Arrives at Vertical Integration Facility at Launch Pad 41 (30709854310).jpg

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Enclosed in its payload fairing, NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) arrives at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

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Description	English: Enclosed in its payload fairing, NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) arrives at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. GOES-R was stacked atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V Centaur upper stage on November 9, 2016. GOES-R is scheduled to launch aboard the Atlas V rocket on November 19. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky For the latest on the GOES-R launch, visit www.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES-R-Launch
Date	Taken on 9 November 2016, 06:17:02
Source	GOES-R Arrives at Vertical Integration Facility at Launch Pad 41
Author	NOAASatellites
Flickr set InfoField	GOES-R Road to Launch
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Image title	Enclosed in its payload fairing, NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) arrives at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. GOES-R will be stacked atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V Centaur upper stage. The satellite will launch atop the Atlas V rocket in November. GOES-R is the first satellite in a series of next-generation NOAA GOES Satellites.
Camera manufacturer	Canon
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Author	NASA/Ben Smegelsky
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Date and time of data generation	06:17, 9 November 2016
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Date metadata was last modified	11:27, 15 November 2016
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