ROCKET MOVES TOWARD LAUNCH ONE STAGE AT A TIME



George Diller                                                          
                                                        August 17, 
2004
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone:  321/867-2468)

Tina Lange
The Boeing Company
(Phone: 321/264-8582)

KSC Release No. P11-04



Rocket Moves Toward Launch One Stage at a Time 



A Boeing Delta IV first stage, called a Common Booster Core, heads for 
the Horizontal Integration Facility at Launch Complex 37 on Cape 
Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket will be used for launching 
the GOES-N weather satellite for NASA and NOAA in December. The stage 
was one of a pair transported by the barge "Delta Mariner" from 
Decatur, Ala., to Port Canaveral. An Elevating Platform Transporter 
moved beneath the stage, lifting it for the 8-mile transport to 
Complex 37. The GOES-N is the first in a series of three advanced 
weather satellites including GOES-O and GOES-P. This satellite will 
provide continuous monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis. 
It will provide a constant vigil for the atmospheric "triggers" of 
severe weather conditions such as tornadoes, flash floods, hail 
storms and hurricanes. When these conditions develop, GOES-N will be 
able to monitor storm development and track their movements.



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