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Title

A pair of Vela satellites in the clean room prior to launch

Description

The Vela satellites are stacked one on top of the other in a clean room prior to the launch. The two polyhedron-shaped satellites (with 20 sides) would detach from each other after launch.

Subject

  • Vela 5b
  • Observatory (space-based)

Credits

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Type

Photographic

Associated Lesson

Gamma Ray History

This material is based upon work supported by NASA under Grant Nos. NNX09AD33G and NNX10AE80G issued through the SMD ROSES 2009 Program.

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