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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

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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: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News
 


Photo credit: William G. Hartenstein
 


Photo credit: William G. Hartenstein
 


Photo credit: William G. Hartenstein
 

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