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KSC-2012-1517
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base's processing facility in California, this separation ring, installed on the aft end of NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is the mating interface between the spacecraft and the upper stage of the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket which will place it in orbit. Behind the ring is part of the turnover rotation fixture, the C-plate, which protects the spacecraft during mating operations.
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Credit lineKSC-2012-1517. NASA/KSC, 2012-02-17. Public domain. ID: KSC-2012-1517.
