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Delta II ICESat-2 Rollback
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The gantry rolls back at Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, on Sept. 14, 2018, for the final United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket which will carry NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2). Liftoff is scheduled for Sept. 15, 2018, at 8:46 a.m. EDT (5:46 a.m. PDT). The satellite will measure the height of our changing Earth, one laser pulse at a time, 10,000 laser pulses per second.
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Credit lineDelta II ICESat-2 Rollback. NASA/KSC, 2018-09-14. Public domain. ID: VAFB-20180914-PH_KLS01_0069.
