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Delta II ICESat-2 Encapsulation
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The first half of the United Launch Alliance Delta II payload fairing is secured around NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) on Sept. 4, 2018, at Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The satellite is being prepared for its scheduled launch on the final Delta II rocket. 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 Encapsulation. NASA/KSC, 2018-09-04. Public domain. ID: VAFB-20180904-PH_AAV01_0007.