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Aquarius SAC-D Launch
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The Delta II rocket with it's Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft payload is seen shortly after the service structure is rolled back on Thursday, June 9, 2011, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The joint U.S./Argentinian Aquarius/Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC)-D mission, set to launch June 10, will map the salinity at the ocean surface, information critical to improving our understanding of two major components of Earth's climate system: the water cycle and ocean circulation.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineAquarius SAC-D Launch. NASA/HQ, 2011-06-08. Public domain. ID: 201106090003HQ.
