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The polar orbiting operational environmental weather satellite is offloaded from the C-5A military cargo aircraft in preparation for a launch.
NASA
Washington, DC, United States
The latest polar-orbiting operational environmental weather satellite developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, called NOAA-N Prime, is offloaded from the C-5A military cargo aircraft at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in preparation for a Feb. 4 launch. NOAA-N Prime, built by Lockheed Martin, is similar to NOAA-N launched on May 20, 2005.
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- Title: The polar orbiting operational environmental weather satellite is offloaded from the C-5A military cargo aircraft in preparation for a launch.
- Location: Vandenberg AFB, CA
- Owner: KSC
- Album: cbabir
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