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KSC-2009-3664
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KSC-2009-3664

NASA / KSC · 2009-05-01 · photograph (digital archive)

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, the shipping container with the STSS Demonstrator SV-2spacecraft is secured on a trailer for transfer to the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. The spacecraft is a midcourse tracking technology demonstrator, part of an evolving ballistic missile defense system. STSS is capable of tracking objects after boost phase and provides trajectory information to other sensors.

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STSS, C-17
Credit lineKSC-2009-3664. NASA/KSC, 2009-05-01. Public domain. ID: KSC-2009-3664.

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