ICESat Launch ICESat lifted off on January 13, 2003, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., at 4:45 PST aboard Boeing’s Delta II rocket. Separation of the ICESat spacecraft occurred 64 minutes after launch at 5:49 PST. Initial contact with ICESat was made 75 minutes after launch at 6 PST as the spacecraft passed over the Svalbard Ground Station in Norway. Credit: NASA ICESat Launch

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