KSC-06-S-00121
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| Description | NASA commentator Bruce Buckingham opens the live coverage of the CALIPSO_CloudSat launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. CALIPSO stands for Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation. It will fly in combination with the CloudSat satellite to provide never-before-seen 3-D perspectives of how clouds and aerosols form, evolve, and affect weather and climate. CALIPSO and CloudSat will join three other satellites in orbit to enhance understanding of climate systems. |
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| Date | 2006-04-28 |
| Source | images.nasa.gov |