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Climate Monitoring Satellite, LOFTID Experiment Launched by ULA

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Tom Patton
Nov 10, 2022
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A climate monitoring satellite for NOAA and NASA, along with NASA's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID), lifted off from California's Vandenberg AFB in the early morning hours Thursday. The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 mission and LOFTID experiment were carried into orbit by a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V r…

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