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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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Photo gallery: Preps for Delta 4 launch of DMSP F17

The Boeing Delta 4 rocket stands atop Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 6 awaiting liftoff of the DMSP F17 weather satellite.

Photo credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News

Photo credit: William G. Hartenstein

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