Delta II Delivers NASA's ICESat and CHIPSat to Space
Photo by Thom Baur © The Boeing Company
Vandenberg Air
Force Base, Calif., Jan. 12, 2003 — A
Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket successfully launched the Ice, Cloud
and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) and the Cosmic Hot Interstellar
Plasma Spectrometer Satellite (CHIPSat) in a dual primary payload
mission for NASA.
The Delta II lifted off at 4:45 p.m. PST from Space Launch Complex
2W, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., delivering both satellites
to circular polar orbits.
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