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| Keywords: OSTM Taken Off Plane DVIDS843846.jpg en The shipping container with the OSTM/Jason-2 spacecraft inside is offloaded from the aircraft at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California The OSTM or Ocean Topography Mission on the Jason-2 satellite is a follow-on to Jason-1 It will take oceanographic studies of sea surface height into an operational mode for continued climate forecasting research and science and industrial applications This satellite altimetry data will help determine ocean circulation climate change and sea-level rise OSTM is a joint effort by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NASA France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales and the European Meteorological Satellite Organisation OSTM/Jason-2 will be launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II 7320 from Vandenberg on June 15 April 29 2008 Photo credit NASA/Steve Greenberg JPL NASA Identifier 228782main_OSTMcomingoffplane-hires_full 2009-08-20 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/843846 843846 2013-02-08 10 00 WASHINGTON D C US PD-USGov Vandenberg Air Force Base Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ Loading and unloading of air cargo | ||||
