A European-Japanese climate research satellite designed to study Earth's temperature balance was launched into orbit from California on Tuesday. The EarthCARE satellite lifted off from coastal Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 3:20 p.m. The satellite was successfully deployed about 10 minutes later, SpaceX said on the launch webcast. The name EarthCARE is short for Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer.
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