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Delta II rocket lift-off. 01/2003

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-lus21-00601

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 16 cm

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.

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2003 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - CHIPS - CLOUD - DELTA - DELTA II - ICESAT - LAUNCH - LAUNCHER - ROCKET -