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KSC-2011-1070

NASA / KSC · 2011-01-11 · photograph (digital archive)

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The latest Earth-observing satellite developed by NASA, called Glory, is inside the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. An Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket is targeted to launch Glory into low Earth orbit Feb. 23 from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 576-E. Once in orbit, Glory will collect data on the properties of aerosols and black carbon.

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Credit lineKSC-2011-1070. NASA/KSC, 2011-01-11. Public domain. ID: KSC-2011-1070.

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