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		Rocket: Delta 2 (7925) Payload: MiTEx Date: June 21, 2006 Window: 5:34-9:34 p.m. EDT (2134-0134 GMT) Site: SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral, Florida Satellite feed: AMC 1, Transponder 17, C-band, 103° West Mission Status Center Photos: Tower rollback Photos: Launch! Our preview story Launch events timeline Ground track map Delta 2 fact sheet Pre-launch flow Launch Complex 17 Archived Delta coverage

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Photo gallery: MiTEx launches aboard Delta 2

The Boeing Delta 2 rocket launches at 6:15 p.m. from pad 17A carrying the MiTEx military technology mission.

Photo credit: Carleton Bailie for The Boeing Company

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