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KSC-2009-1492

NASA / KSC · 2009-01-15 · photograph (digital archive)

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The NOAA-N Prime satellite is lifted to the top of the mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. In the tower, the satellite will be encapsulated and installed on the launch vehicle, a Delta II rocket. NOAA-N Prime is the latest polar-orbiting operational environmental weather satellite developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The satellite is scheduled to launch Feb.

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ELV, weather, Delta II, VAFB
Credit lineKSC-2009-1492. NASA/KSC, 2009-01-15. Public domain. ID: KSC-2009-1492.
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