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Delta II rocket lift-off. 01/2003

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-lus21-00601

Date

2006-10-19

Boeing Delta II rocket soars above the clouds at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The NASA payload aboard the rocket are the ICESat, an Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite, and CHIPSat, a Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer.