ICESat-2 deployment

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The Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, was successfully deployed approximately 53 minutes after being launched by United Launch Alliance’s final Delta II rocket (7420-10C) from Space Launch Complex-2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on 15 September 2018, at 13:02 UTC (06:02 PDT; 09:02 EDT). The Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, has a single instrument, the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System, or ATLAS, to measure the elevation of ice sheets, sea ice, forests and more in unprecedented detail.

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IceSat is in orbit and with that the Delta Program officially comes to an end.

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Congratulations, United Launch Alliance.

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