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Solar Orbiter: Ready for launch


Date: 21 January 2020
Satellite: Solar Orbiter
Location: Astrotech payload processing facility, Florida, USA
Copyright: ESA–S. Corvaja

The fairing of the US Atlas V 411 rocket with ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft inside at the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida during launch preparations on 21 January 2020.

Last Update: 7 February 2020
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