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180-degree Flip for WorldView-1

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180-degree Flip for WorldView-1 The WorldView-1 Earth-observing telescope during assembly. The structure is flipped 180 degrees in a specially designed handling fixture suspended by an overhead crane to position the telescope in two different horizontal test orientations.

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