Delta 7420-10C
SuccessCloudsat · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Friday, Apr 28, 2006, 10:02 UTC
Launch window
Friday, Apr 28, 2006, 10:02 UTC – Friday, Apr 28, 2006, 10:02 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Cloudsat
Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
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.
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