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KSC-05PD-1976

NASA / KSC · 2005-06-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. — At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers oversee the CALIPSO spacecraft as it is lowered inside a specially modified container where LIDAR (LIght Detection And Ranging) laser testing will take place. CALIPSO stands for Cloud-Aerosol LIDAR and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation. LIDAR measures distance, speed, rotation, chemical composition and concentration.

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Credit lineKSC-05PD-1976. NASA/KSC, 2005-06-08. Public domain. ID: 05pd1976.

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