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KSC-06pd0677

NASA / KSC · 2006-04-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - On Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the dual spacecraft CALIPSO and CloudSat, covered by a transport canister, is lifted up into the mobile service tower. There the spacecraft will be mated with a Boeing Delta II rocket for launch on April 21. CALIPSO stands for Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation.

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Credit lineKSC-06pd0677. NASA/KSC, 2006-04-08. Public domain. ID: KSC-06pd0677.
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