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Inside the NASA spacecraft processing hangar 1610 located on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Lockheed-Martin workers place a protective cover around the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA-N) spacecraft. Mechanical and electrical ground support equipment will be set up and the necessary connections made with the spacecraft. Launch of NOAA-N aboard the Boeing Delta II rocket is currently scheduled for May 11, 2005. NOAA-N is the fourth in the series of support dedicated microwave instruments for the generation of temperature, moisture, surface, and hydrological products in cloudy regions where visible and infrared (IR) instruments have decreased capability.