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Aquarius SAC-D Launch
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A Delta II rocket launches with the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft payload from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on Friday, June 10, 2011. The joint U.S./Argentinian Aquarius/Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC)-D mission 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineAquarius SAC-D Launch. NASA/HQ, 2011-06-09. Public domain. ID: 201106100019HQ.
