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ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite 2)

    Launch Week Arrives for ICESat-2

    Artist's image of NASA's ICESat-2 spacecraft above Earth.

    NASA and United Launch Alliance launch and mission partners are gathered at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for the final week of final prelaunch activities for the agency's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2. The three-year mission is scheduled to launch at 8:46 a.m. EDT (5:46 a.m. PDT) on Saturday, Sept. 15, …

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    NASA Invites Media to View Launch of ICESat-2 from West Coast

    Artist's image of NASA's ICESat-2 spacecraft above Earth.

    Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 15, with a 40-minute window opening at 8:46 a.m. EDT (5:46 a.m. PDT). ICESat-2 will provide precise measurements of the changing height of Earth's glaciers, ice sheets and sea ice. The spacecraft will lift off …

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    Delta II Comes Together Ahead of ICESat-2 Launch

    This expanded-view graphic depicts the components of the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket that will launch NASA's ICESat-2 spacecraft.

    The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket slated to launch NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, has made significant progress toward liftoff, planned for Sept. 12. Prelaunch preparations are well underway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where the rocket is coming together at Space Launch Complex 2. Earlier this month …

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    NASA’s ICESat-2 Spacecraft Arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base

    ICESat-2 arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

    NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Tuesday, June 12, from the Northrop Grumman facility in Gilbert, Arizona. The satellite will be offloaded in its shipping container from the heavy transport truck and moved into the Astrotech Space Operations facility where it will be …

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    ULA Delta II Booster Arrives for ICESat-2 Mission

    ULA Delta II Booster Arrives for ICESat-2 Mission

    At NASA's Building 836, the Spacecraft Labs Telemetry Station at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II booster is removed from its shipping container on Monday, April 16, 2018. Once it was offloaded, preliminary checkouts and preflight processing began in preparation for the agency's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation …

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    Delta II Second Stage Arrives for NASA’s ICESat-2 Mission

    The Delta II second stage arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

    The United Launch Alliance Delta II second stage arrived at NASA's Building 1555 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Technicians assist as a crane lifts the top of the shipping container up from the second stage so it can be offloaded and prepared for transport to the horizontal processing facility at Space Launch Complex-2. …

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    Delta II Payload Fairings for ICESat-2 Moved to ULA Facility

    The payload fairings for the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket arrive at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

    Both halves of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket payload fairing arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and were transported by convoy Feb. 23, 2018, to ULA's Building B8337. The fairings were unpacked from their transportation carrier and secured on work stands. NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) will …

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