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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Kalifornien - Auf dem Space Launch Complex 2 auf der Vandenberg Air Force Base in Kalifornien wird die erste Stufe des Delta II für das Raumschiff OSTM / Jason-2 über der Trägerrakete im Nabelturm platziert. Die OSTM, oder Ocean Topography Mission, auf dem Jason-2 Satelliten ist ein Nachfolger von Jason-1. Es wird ozeanographische Studien über die Höhe der Meeresoberfläche in einen operativen Modus überführen, um die Forschung zur Klimaprognose sowie wissenschaftliche und industrielle Anwendungen fortzusetzen. Diese Satellitenhöhenmessdaten werden dazu beitragen, die Zirkulation der Ozeane, den Klimawandel und den Anstieg des Meeresspiegels zu bestimmen. OSTM ist eine gemeinsame Anstrengung der National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, der NASA, des französischen Centre National d 'Etudes Spatiales und der European Meteorological Satellite Organisation. OSTM / Jason-2 wird am 15. Juni an Bord einer United Launch Alliance Delta II 7320 von Vandenberg ins All geschossen. Bildnachweis: NASA / Dan Liberotti

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25/04/2008

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Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

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