Spacecraft Solar Arrays
December 12, 2012
In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians extend a solar array on the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft to test the release mechanism sequence for the array using signal commands.
Following final tests, the spacecraft will be integrated to a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket in preparation for the targeted June launch.
Image credit: NASA/VAFB
April 28, 2011
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Technology Internet, Environment, Astronautics, Space, Spaceflight, Launch Services Program, SAC-D, Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6, Aquarius, Boeing, Spacecraft
