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QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon
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August 8, 2000
QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020, at 9:17 a.m. PST
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