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NPP Launch Arc

Posted on Monday, November 21, 2011
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NPP Launch Arc
Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Uploader comment: On Friday, October 28, 2011, an arc of light illuminates the pre-dawn sky at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., as a Delta II rocket launches with the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft payload. NPP carries five science instruments, including four new state-of-the-art sensors, which will provide critical data to help scientists understand the dynamics of long-term climate patterns and help meteorologists improve short-term weather forecasts.


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