Boeing Delta II Lifts NASA Spacecraft to Orbit
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ST. LOUIS, April 28, 2006 -- A Boeing Delta II rocket today successfully launched to orbit a pair of NASA satellites that will further study clouds and aerosols.
The Delta II lifted off from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., at an instantaneous window of 3:02 a.m. PDT carrying the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) and CloudSat satellites.
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