File:GOES-R Lift and Mate (31011519985).jpg

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A view from high up inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

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DescriptionGOES-R Lift and Mate (31011519985).jpg	English: A view from high up inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. A crane lifts the payload fairing containing NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) for mating to the United Launch Alliance Atlas V Centaur upper stage. The fairing-encapsulated GOES-R spacecraft was mated with the launch vehicle 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, 09:13:55
Source	GOES-R Lift and Mate
Author	NOAASatellites
Flickr set InfoField	GOES-R Road to Launch
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Image title	A view from high up inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. A crane lifts the payload fairing containing NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) for mating to the United Launch Alliance Atlas V Centaur upper stage. The satellite will launch aboard the Atlas V rocket in November. GOES-R is the first satellite in a series of next-generation NOAA GOES Satellites.
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Date and time of data generation	09:13, 9 November 2016
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File change date and time	14:04, 9 November 2016
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Date metadata was last modified	11:56, 15 November 2016
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