The EarthCARE satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force base in Lompoc, California, on May 28, 2024. The EarthCARE satellite blasted off on a mission aiming to investigate what role clouds could play in the fight against climate change. The collaboration between the European Space Agency and Japan's JAXA space agency launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California's Vandenberg base. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, United States: A rocket carrying a sophisticated satellite blasted off Tuesday from California on a mission to investigate what role clouds could play in the fight against climate change.

The EarthCARE orbiter, the result of collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan's JAXA space agency, launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg air base at 3:20 pm local time (2220 GMT).

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