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

    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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