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KSC-2009-1676

NASA / KSC · 2009-02-17 · photograph (digital archive)

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- On Space Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, cranes are in position to move the tent where the upper stage of Orbital Sciences' Taurus XL rocket is ready to be moved and lifted into the tower for stacking. The spacecraft is scheduled for launch aboard Orbital Sciences' Taurus XL rocket Feb. 24 from Vandenberg. The spacecraft will collect precise global measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere.

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VAFB, OCO, XL, carbon

Credit lineKSC-2009-1676. NASA/KSC, 2009-02-17. Public domain. ID: KSC-2009-1676.

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