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Terra Payload Before Orbit Insertion

This image shows the Terra satellite sitting atop the Atlas II/Centaur launch vehicle. The fairing which protects Terra during the launch is just beginning to peel away before Terra is inserted into orbit.

Reto Stockli, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Published May 11, 2000
Data acquired May 11, 2000

Collection:: Visible Earth