Launched NASA's CloudSat and CNES/NASA's CALIPSO satellites together from Vandenberg to join the A-Train constellation, using radar and lidar to study cloud and aerosol properties for climate research.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T
- Flight
- 8th
- of 14 Delta II 7420-10C flights
- Date and time
- 28 April 2006, 10:02 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta II 7420-10C
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2006-016
- Launches in 2006
- 17th of 66
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