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Delta II ICESat-2 Transport from Astrotech to SLC-2, Lift and Ma
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NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), encased in its protective covering, arrives at the mobile service tower at Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, on Aug. 26, 2018. The satellite will be hoisted up by crane and attached to the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket. Launch is scheduled for Sept. 15, 2018. ICESat-2 will measure the height of a changing Earth, one laser pulse at a time, 10,000 laser pulses a second.
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Credit lineDelta II ICESat-2 Transport from Astrotech to SLC-2, Lift and Ma. NASA/KSC, 2018-08-26. Public domain. ID: VAFB-20180826-PH_AAV01_0021.
