Aquarius SAC-D Launch (201106100016HQ) (explored) by NASA HQ PHOTO
A Delta II rocket launches with the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft payload from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on Friday, June 10, 2011. The joint U.S./Argentinian Aquarius/Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC)-D mission, set to launch June 10, will map the salinity at the ocean surface, information critical to improving our understanding of two major components of Earth's climate system: the water cycle and ocean circulation. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Vandenberg Air Force Base is a tourist attraction, one of the Spaceports in Tangair, ཡུ་ནའིཊེཊ་སི་ཊེསི. It is located: 690 km from Los Angeles, 710 km from Fresno, 740 km from Long Beach. Read further
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