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About the Image
- Date
- 2003-04-02
- ID
- canister0402_02
- Type
- Photograph
- Credit
- NASA/KSC
About the Object
- Name
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- Type
- Technology > Observatory
04.02.03
Canister
The Spitzer Space Telescope is placed in its payload canister for transfer to the launch pad before its aborted earlier launch. Spitzer was later moved back off its rocket and subsequently launched on a different vehicle on August 25, 2003.
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