NASA Launches Ocean Satellite to Keep A Weather, Climate Eye Open

[techpr]

A new NASA-French space agency oceanography satellite launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on a globe-circling voyage to continue charting sea level, a vital indicator of global climate change.

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