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KSC-2011-7498

NASA / KSC · 2011-10-12 · photograph (digital archive)

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Tucked inside a protective payload transportation canister, NASA’s National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex-2. NPP represents a critical first step in building the next-generation of Earth-observing satellites. NPP will carry the first of the new sensors developed for this satellite fleet, now known as the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), to be launched in 2016.

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Credit lineKSC-2011-7498. NASA/KSC, 2011-10-12. Public domain. ID: 2011-7498.
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