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Blanketing a Fuel Tank

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A STEREO technician at APL concludes installation of a thermal blanket placed on one of the fuel tanks aboard Observatory "B" (the one that will be placed "behind" Earth in its orbit around sun). The fuel tank is the gold, egg-shaped object in the center of the picture.


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