ICESat, CHIPSat launched Jan. 12, NASA says
NASA's ICESat and CHIPSat science satellites were launched at 4:45 p.m. PST Jan. 12 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on a Boeing Delta II booster. ICESat, which stands for Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation satellite, made initial contact with the Svalbard Ground Station, Norway, 75 minutes after...
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