COLLECTION NAME:
OSTM Image Gallery
Record
Title:
Delta Reaches Launch Pad
Creator:
NASA
Description:
At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Delta II first stage for the OSTM/Jason-2 spacecraft arrives on Space Launch Complex 2. The first stage will be raised to vertical and lifted into the mobile service tower (behind it, at left). 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 25, 2008 Photo credit: NASA/Dan Liberotti
Date:
5/21/08
Identifier:
228745main_OSTM1ststageatpad_full
MediaType:
Image
Year:
2008
What:
Jason 1
