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Assembling ICESat-2’s ATLAS

testing on ICESat-2's ATLAS
Engineers are building and testing the Advance Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) for the ICESat-2 mission at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Engineers are building and testing the Advance Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) for the ICESat-2 mission at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. In October 2014, they conducted a “fit check” to ensure the two main sections of the instrument line up properly.

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