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KSC-2009-1607

NASA / KSC · 2009-02-10 · photograph (digital archive)

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Encapsulated Cargo Element (ECE) containing NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory, or OCO, is lowered to a horizontal position after arrival at Space Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The spacecraft is scheduled for launch aboard Orbital Sciences' Taurus XL rocket on Feb. 23 from Vandenberg. The spacecraft will collect precise global measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere.

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OCO, VAFB
Credit lineKSC-2009-1607. NASA/KSC, 2009-02-10. Public domain. ID: KSC-2009-1607.

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