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Solar Orbiter PLA Mate Integration
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The Solar Orbiter spacecraft is mated to the payload adapter inside Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida on Jan. 16, 2020. Solar Orbiter is an international cooperative mission between ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA. The mission aims to study the Sun, its outer atmosphere and solar wind. The spacecraft will provide the first images of the Sun’s poles. NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy is managing the launch.
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Credit lineSolar Orbiter PLA Mate Integration. NASA/KSC, 2020-01-16. Public domain. ID: KSC-20200116-PH-ESA02_0014.
