Workers at Astrotech, Titusville, Fla., look at components on the GOES-M satellite after opening the solar panel. The GOES-M provides weather imagery and quantitative sounding data used to support weather forecasting, severe storm tracking and meteorological research. The satellite is scheduled to launch July 12 on an Atlas-IIA booster, Centaur upper stage from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Location Cape Canaveral, FL
Date April 16, 2001