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		Rocket: Delta 2 (7420) Payload: CALIPSO & CloudSat Date: April 28, 2006 Time: 1002 GMT (3:02 a.m. PDT; 6:02 a.m. EDT) Site: SLC-2W, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Broadcast: AMC 6, Transponder 17, digital, 72° West Mission Status Center Launch events timeline Ground track map Delta 2 rocket info Space Launch Complex 2 Our Delta archive

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Delta 2 rocket launches CALIPSO and CloudSat
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: April 29, 2006

The Boeing Delta 2 rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 3:02 a.m. local time April 28 with the CALIPSO and CloudSat atmospheric research satellites.

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Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News

Credit: Brian Gavin/30th Space Communications Squadron

Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News

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VIDEO: LAUNCH REPLAY FROM CAMERA ON BACK SIDE OF PAD PLAY
VIDEO: CALIPSO SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED FROM ROCKET PLAY
VIDEO: CLOUDSAT SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED FROM ROCKET PLAY
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VIDEO: UPPER LEVEL WINDS SCRUB TUESDAY ATTEMPT PLAY
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VIDEO: LAUNCH PAD TOWER ROLLED BACK MONDAY EVENING PLAY
VIDEO: DELTA 2 ROCKET PRE-LAUNCH CAMPAIGN PLAY
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