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KSC-2011-7578

NASA / KSC · 2011-10-27 · photograph (digital archive)

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex-2 in California, a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft aboard stands by itself on the launch pad following rollback of the mobile service tower. NPP represents a critical first step in building the next-generation of Earth-observing satellites.

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NPPDelta_IIVandenberg
Credit lineKSC-2011-7578. NASA/KSC, 2011-10-27. Public domain. ID: 2011-7578.
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