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Delta II ICESat-2 Liftoff
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The final United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, on Sept. 15, 2018, carrying NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2). Liftoff was at 9:02 a.m. EDT (6:02 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 Liftoff. NASA/KSC, 2018-09-15. Public domain. ID: VAFB-20180915-PH_KLS03_0005.
