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KSC-2009-1377

NASA / KSC · 2008-11-07 · photograph (digital archive)

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the NASA payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers place a protective cover around the NOAA-N Prime satellite before moving it. NOAA-N Prime is the latest polar-orbiting operational environmental weather satellite developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It is built by Lockheed Martin and similar to NOAA-N launched on May 20, 2005. Launch of NOAA-N Prime is scheduled for Feb. 4.

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Credit lineKSC-2009-1377. NASA/KSC, 2008-11-07. Public domain. ID: KSC-2009-1377.

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