NASA invites social media users to discover the launch of the ICESAT-2 satellite and the final Delta II rocket

The launch of NASA's ICESAT-2 satellite and Final Delta II Rocket is scheduled for September, and it sparks all kinds of emotions.

NASA invited social media users to sign up for the launch of Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, aboard United Launch Alliance's Delta II rocket. The launch currently scheduled for September 12 will see netizens heading to Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, California. The social media accreditation for the launch of ICESAT-2 began on Friday, July 6 and the deadline for registration is June 22 at 23:59 (9:29).

NASA's ICESAT-2 will measure the height of our original planet, with a focus on tracking changes in the ice caps, glaciers and sea ice of the Earth's polar regions. The satellite's new laser instrument measures pitch by timing individual photons of light to a billionth of a second, allowing scientists to accurately measure changes, including the impacts of global warming.

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We invite social media users to apply to see a rocket launch! ? The launch will kick off a mission to measure the height of our planet, with a focus on tracking changes in ice caps, glaciers and sea ice polar regions of the Earth. Details: https://t.co/DkBnxxDF1X pic.twitter.com/zYQGtVMhvv

– NASA (@NASA) July 11, 2018

Once the entries received and processed, an email of confirmation information and additional instructions will be sent to the selected individuals. Participants at NASA's ICESat-2 Launch Social Event, September 10-12 in Vandenberg, may be on the front line to post, blog, tweet, Instagram, on social networks about the mission of ########################################################################### 39, ICEST-2 at the space station. Up to 50 social media users will be selected to attend this event, and will have similar access to the media.

The ICESAT-2 satellite launches on the latest ULA Delta II rocket that previously carried satellites and spacecraft from NASA. Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers, Landsat 7 and, in 2003, the original ICESat.