The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) spacecraft is released from the Boeing Delta 2 rocket's second stage, beginning its mission that will generate a global picture of aerosol particles suspended in the atmosphere.
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