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

Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 00:29 in Astronomy & Space

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. The mission will return a vast amount of new data that will improve weather, climate and ocean forecasts.

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