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Delta II ICESat-2 Transport from Astrotech to SLC-2, Lift and Ma
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At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) is hoisted up by crane at the mobile service tower at Space Launch Complex 2, on Aug. 26, 2018. The satellite will be attached to the top of 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_0061.
