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NASA: Landat 8 satellite ready for launch from Vandenberg Air Force base

Lompoc, USA - It will beam back 400 images a day

The gantry at Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 3 has been pulled back to reveal the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket and the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. Weather is forecast to be favorable for launch, which is targeted for 1:02 p.m. EST (6:02 pm GMT/UTC) at the beginning of a 48-minute launch window. LDCM is an 855-million-dollar collaboration between...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1149676
Rome, Italy, 02/11/2013 17:24
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