ICESat-2 launched by the final Delta II rocket

United Launch Alliance’s final Delta II rocket (7420-10C) launched ICESat-2 from Space Launch Complex-2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on 15 September 2018, at 13:02 UTC (06:02 PDT; 09:02 EDT). The Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, has a single instrument, the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System, or ATLAS, to measure the elevation of ice sheets, sea ice, forests and more in unprecedented detail. The official designation of the two-stage launch vehicle for the mission