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		Rocket: Delta 4 Medium Payload: DMSP F17 Date: November 4, 2006 Window: 5:52-6:02 a.m. PST (8:52-9:02 a.m. EST) Site: SLC-6, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Broadcast: AMC 1, Transponder 17, C-band, 103° West Mission Status Center Launch events timeline Ground track map Delta 4 background info Rocket processing flow RS-68 main engine Booster graphic Our Delta archive

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Launch of military weather satellite aboard Delta 4

The Boeing Delta 4 rocket launches at 5:53 a.m. local time from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the DMSP F17 weather satellite.

Photo credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News

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