Workers in checkout hangar 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base spacecraft before transportation to Launch Complex 4W.

Workers in checkout hangar 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base complete final processing on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA-M) spacecraft before transportation to Launch Complex 4W. NOAA-M is another in a series of polar-orbiting Earth environmental observation satellites that provide global data to NOAA's short- and long-range weather forecasting systems. Launch aboard a Titan II rocket is scheduled for June 25, 2002