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KSC-2009-1713
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- On Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the cables from the crane overhead are removed from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory, OCO, upper stack. The upper stack was lowered onto the Stage 0 motor of Orbital Sciences' Taurus XL vehicle. The upper stack consists of Stages 1, 2 and 3 of the Taurus, as well as the encapsulated OCO spacecraft. OCO is scheduled for launch the Taurus rocket Feb. 24 from Vandenberg.
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Credit lineKSC-2009-1713. NASA/KSC, 2009-02-18. Public domain. ID: KSC-2009-1713.
