Stock Photo - 04/11/1997 ___ The Atlas 1 payload fairing with the encapsulated GOES_K advanced weather satellite is being lifted into position for mating to the Lockheed Martin Atlas 1 expendable launch vehicle AC_79 at Launch Complex 36, Pad B, Cape Canaveral Air Station. GOES_K will be the third spacecraft to be launched in the advanced series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites GOES. The GOES satellites are owned and operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, NASA manages the design, development and launch of the spacecraft. GOES_K is targeted for an April 24 launch during a launch window which extends from 1:50_3:09 a.m. EDT. Once in orbit, GOES_K will become GOES_10, joining GOES_8 and GOES_9 in space