File:Icesat-2 launch smoke.jpg

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English: The final United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, on Sept. 15, 2018, carrying NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2). Liftoff was at 9:02 a.m. EDT (6:02 a.m. PDT). The satellite will measure the height of our changing Earth, one laser pulse at a time, 10,000 laser pulses per second. ICESat-2 will provide scientists with height measurements that create a global portrait of Earth's third dimension, gathering date that can precisely track changes of terrain, including glaciers, sea ice and forests.

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Taken on 15 September 2018, 08:19:27

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https://images.nasa.gov/details/VAFB-20180915-PH_KLS03_0003

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NASA

Kim Shiflett
Description	photographer
Authority file	: Q117448892

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:32, 19 January 2019		3,872 × 2,592 (4.83 MB)	Huntster	Full resolution.
	09:23, 17 September 2018		2,048 × 1,371 (659 KB)	V.Laicis	User created page with UploadWizard

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Image title	The final United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, on Sept. 15, 2018, carrying NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2). Liftoff was at 9:02 a.m. EDT (6:02 a.m. PDT). The satellite will measure the height of our changing Earth, one laser pulse at a time, 10,000 laser pulses per second. ICESat-2 will provide scientists with height measurements that create a global portrait of Earth's third dimension, gathering date that can precisely track changes of terrain, including glaciers, sea ice and forests.
Camera manufacturer	NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model	NIKON D200
Author	NASA/Kim Shiflett
Copyright holder	For copyright and restrictions refer to http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html
Exposure time	1/1,000 sec (0.001)
F-number	f/6.3
ISO speed rating	400
Date and time of data generation	04:11, 27 August 2017
Lens focal length	38 mm
Label	$$$/Bridge/Preferences/Label/Green=Approved
Short title	Delta II ICESat-2 Liftoff
Usage terms	PAO Approved For Release
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	300 dpi
Vertical resolution	300 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 (Windows)
File change date and time	08:19, 15 September 2018
Exposure Program	Manual
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Date and time of digitizing	04:11, 27 August 2017
Shutter speed	9.965784
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Exposure bias	0
Maximum land aperture	4.1 APEX (f/4.14)
Metering mode	Center weighted average
Light source	Unknown
Flash	Flash did not fire
DateTime subseconds	16
DateTimeOriginal subseconds	16
DateTimeDigitized subseconds	16
Color space	Uncalibrated
Sensing method	One-chip color area sensor
File source	Digital still camera
Scene type	A directly photographed image
Custom image processing	Normal process
Exposure mode	Manual exposure
White balance	Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio	1
Focal length in 35 mm film	57 mm
Scene capture type	Standard
Scene control	Low gain up
Contrast	Normal
Saturation	High saturation
Sharpness	Hard
Subject distance range	Unknown
Lens used	24.0-120.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Date metadata was last modified	01:19, 15 September 2018
Rating (out of 5)	0
Unique ID of original document	2D43FBBC3602957618A7DD0880AA2E4F
Keywords	ICESat-2 Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 NASA GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center LSP Launch Services Program ULA United Launch Alliance Delta II SLC-2W VAFB Vandenberg Air Force Base ATLAS Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System Fibertek Inc. Orbital ATK LEOStar-3 Astrotech Astrotech Space Operations
Contact information	VAFB, ,
Sublocation of city shown	SLC-2, VAFB

File:Icesat-2 launch smoke.jpg

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