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Another view of the telescope cavity outer door - it can't be opened on the ground, or in flight, because the drive system components haven't been installed, yet - that will be done during the equipment installation period that will occur from late January through September 2008, at the SOFIA aircraft servicing facility in Palmdale, in a 200,000+ square foot hangar at what used to be the North American Aircraft Plant 42, adjacent to the U.S. Air Force's Plant 40, and two 12,000-foot runways
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