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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulEarth ScienceDelta 7420-10C
Launched 2006-04-28 10:02:16 UTCSpace Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Reached Medium Earth Orbit
Worldwide
18th
orbital launch attempt in 2006
United States Air Force
1st
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 2W
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
342 d 23 h
since the pad's previous launch
CloudSat is a satellite which uses millimeter-wavelength radar to measure the altitude and properties of clouds. Advanced cloud-profiling radar gathers information on the vertical structure of highly dynamic cloud systems. This new information provides the first global measurements of cloud properties that will help scientists compile a database of cloud measurements to improve how clouds are represented in global climate and numerical weather prediction models.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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Height
39m
Diameter
2.4m
Liftoff thrust
3,020kN
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