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ICESat
ICESat (Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite), part of NASA's Earth Observing System, is a satellite mission for measuring ice sheet mass balance, cloud and aerosol heights, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics. ICESat was launched 12 January 2003 on a Boeing Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California into a near-circular, near-polar orbit with an altitude of approximately 600 km.
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