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		Rocket: Delta 2 (7925) Payload: GPS 2R-15 Date: Sept. 25, 2006 Window: 2:50-3:03 p.m. EDT (1850-1903 GMT) Site: SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral, Florida Satellite feed: AMC 1, Transponder 17, C-band, 103° West GPS 2R-15 Cue Card Mission Status Center Launch events timeline Ground track map Global Positioning System Delta 2 fact sheet Pre-launch flow Launch Complex 17 Archived Delta coverage

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Gallery: Launch of GPS 2R-15

The Boeing Delta 2 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's pad 17A at 2:50 p.m. September 25 carrying the GPS 2R-15 navigation satellite.

Photo credit: Carleton Bailie for The Boeing Company

Video coverage for subscribers only:
VIDEO: DELTA ROCKET LIFTS OFF WITH GPS 2R-15 QT
VIDEO: LAUNCH AS SEEN FROM PRESS SITE QT
VIDEO: MORNING PAD TOWER ROLLBACK QT
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