# Liftoff of SMAP uHStsxlqwK8

The Delta II rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, satellite on a mission to measure and map the Earth's soil moisture distribution and freeze/thaw state with unprecedented accuracy. Liftoff was at 6:22 a.m. PST (9:22 a.m. EST).

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2015
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: NASAKennedy
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liftoff_of_SMAP_uHStsxlqwK8.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASAKennedy
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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