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English: The Centaur-2A second stage of an Atlas IIA rocket is lifted at pad 36-A, CCAFS (Credit: NASA)

Deutsch: Centaur-2A Stufe einer Atlas IIA Rakete mit zwei RL-10A-4 Triebwerken (Cape Canaveral, 2000)

original image caption: At launch pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, cables help guide the second stage of an Atlas II/Centaur rocket as it is lifted up the gantry (behind it) for mating with the first stage. Atlas II is designed to launch payloads into low earth orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit or geosynchronous orbit. The rocket is the launch vehicle for the GOES-L satellite, part of the NOAA National Weather Service system in weather imagery and atmospheric sounding information. The primary objective of the GOES-L is to provide a full capability satellite in an on-orbit storage condition, to assure NOAA continuity in services from a two-satellite constellation. Launch services are being provided by the 45th Space Wing.

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