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KSC-99pp1416
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The rocket faring is lifted up the launch tower for mating with the Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket after encapsulation of Terra, formerly EOS AM-1. It is scheduled for launch Dec. 16 from Space Launch Complex 3 East at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Terra comprises five state-of-the-art sets of instruments that will collect data for continuous, long-term records of the state of Earth's land, oceans and atmosphere.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-99pp1416. NASA/KSC, 1999-11-18. Public domain. ID: KSC-99pp1416.
