Delta II ICESat-2 SRM Lift and Mate
The solid rocket motor for mating to the United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle arrives at the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Space Launch Complex 2 on June 14, 2018, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The solid rocket motor will be lifted up and attached to the rocket. NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) will launch on the final Delta II rocket. ICESat-2 will measure the height of a changing Earth, one laser pulse at a time, 10,000 laser pulses a second. The satellite will carry a single instrument, the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System. ICESat-2 will help scientists investigate why, and how much our planet's frozen and icy areas, called the cryosphere, is changing in a warming climate.
- Date
- 2018-06-14
- Photographer / author
- USAF 30th Space Wing/Mark Mackle
- Collection
- KSC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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"Delta II ICESat-2 SRM Lift and Mate" (2018-06-14). NASA/KSC/USAF 30th Space Wing/Mark Mackle. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/VAFB-20180614-PH_MNM01_0003Need photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 82972.
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