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KSC-98pc1653

NASA / KSC · 1998-11-03 · photograph (digital archive)

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The second stage of a Delta II rocket is prepared for its shift to vertical alongside the gantry at pad 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Station. The rocket is scheduled to be launched on Dec. 10, 1998, heading for Mars and carrying the Mars Climate Orbiter. The orbiter's instruments will monitor the Martian atmosphere and image the planet's surface on a daily basis for 657 days.

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Credit lineKSC-98pc1653. NASA/KSC, 1998-11-03. Public domain. ID: KSC-98pc1653.
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