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ICESat was a NASA satellite mission for measuring ice sheet mass balance, cloud and aerosol heights, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics. It operated as part of NASA's Earth Obse
Artist's rendering of the ICESat-1 satellite
Space Launch Complex 2 is an active rocket launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California, USA. It consists of two launch pads: Space Launch Complex 2 East, used by the PGM-17 Thor missile
ICESat
…ft 7 in × 10 ft 2 in) Power 640 watts Start of mission Launch date 13 January 2003, 00:45:00 UTC Rocket Delta II 7320-10 D-294 Launch site Vandenberg, SLC-2W Contractor Boeing Entered service 2003 End of mission Declared October 11 2009 Deactivated 14 August 2010, 17:37 UTC Decay date 30 August 2010, 08:49…
SLC-2W in July 2024, launching Firefly Alpha VCLS Demo-2FB
A Delta 5000 carrying COBE launching from SLC-2W in 1989
SLC-2W during its Delta II years, carrying Gravity Probe B in 2004
Another view of SLC-2W launching Gravity Probe B