Stock Photo - 06/30/2000 ___ At the launch tower, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., the second stage of a Titan II rocket is lifted to vertical. The Titan will power the launch of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA_L satellite scheduled no earlier than Sept. 12. NOAA_L is part of the Polar_Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite POES program that provides atmospheric measurements of temperature, humidity, ozone and cloud images, tracking weather patterns that affect the global weather and climate

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