Copernicus in clean room (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Copernicus in clean room

Caption

Orbiting Astronomical Observatory C – named Copernicus in orbit – stands in the Hangar AE clean room at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, following the mounting of its stationary solar panels. Copernicus was the only member of the series sporting the large cylindrical structures at the top of the spacecraft, which kept stray light from reaching the instruments.

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NASA

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