Mission control for Jason 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered away from a foggy California coast Sunday and boosted a $364 million science satellite into orbit, the latest in a series of spacecraft designed to precisely measure sea levels around the world, a key indicator of global warming, and to monitor ocean conditions responsible for extreme weather…
