A Delta II rocket takes off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., at 03:02 local time on Friday, April 28, 2006. The rocket was carrying NASA’s Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations, or CALIPSO, and CloudSat satellites.

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A Delta II rocket takes off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., at 03:02 local time on Friday, April 28, 2006. The rocket was carrying NASA’s Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations, or CALIPSO, and CloudSat satellites.

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