Photo Gallery: Satellite mounted atop Delta 2 rocket

The NPP climate and weather observatory was moved on May 20 from the payload processing facility on North Vandenberg to the Space Launch Complex 2 and hoisted atop the Delta 2 rocket on October 13.

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Credit: NASA/VAFB

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