At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the GOES-O and Delta IV second stage near the mobile service tower.

At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the GOES-O and Delta IV second stage near the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 37. They will be raised to vertical and moved into the tower. GOES–O is one of a series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites. The multi-mission GOES series N-P will be a vital contributor to weather, solar and space operations and science. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, are actively engaged in a cooperative program to expand the existing GOES system with the launch of the GOES N-P satellites. Launch of the GOES-O is targeted for no earlier than April 2009. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann