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Jan. 23, 2013 • Technicians encapsulate NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite in its payload fairing in the Astrotech processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

LDCM in Atlas V payload fairing
Fairing encloses LDCM spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/VAFB

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Atlas rocket and Landsat joined together for launch, Spaceflight Now

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