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US-European ocean monitoring satellite launches into orbit

| November 22, 2020 12:03 AM

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A U.S.-European satellite designed to extend a decades-long measurement of global sea surface heights was launched into Earth orbit from California on Saturday.

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