Foto de stock - 04/11/1997 ___ Workers prepare for the mating of the Atlas 1 payload fairing containing the GOES_K advanced weather satellite with 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