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MAVEN solar panel deployment test

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Deployment of the two "gull-wing" solar panels on the MAVEN spacecraft at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Littleton, Colorado on March 21, 2013. Wingtip to wingtip, the spacecraft measures 11.43m in length.

Lockheed Martin

Original image data dated on or about March 21, 2013

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