NOAA-N Prime satellite severely damaged in fall

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite was severely damaged Sept. 6 when it toppled over at a Lockheed Martin facility in Sunnyvale, Calif. As the NOAA-N Prime spacecraft was being repositioned from vertical to horizontal on the "turn over cart" at approximately 7:15 PDT...

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