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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Delayed two days because of weather, a NASA satellite that will look at the tiniest parts of the air and ocean is set for an early Thursday morning launch from the Space Coast that could shake households in Central Florida when the rocket’s booster creates a sonic boom during its recovery landing. Years in the works, the Plankton, Aerosol Cloud Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite that was on the chopping block of the Trump administration’s annual proposed NASA budgets several times as he sought to steer funds away from some climate-focused missions and shift money to …