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Rocket: Delta 2 (7925)
Payload: GPS 2R-16
Date: Nov. 17, 2006
Window: 2:12-2:26 p.m. EST (1912-1926 GMT)
Site: SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Satellite feed: AMC 1, Transponder 17, C-band, 103° West

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Gallery: Launch of GPS 2R-16

The Boeing Delta 2 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's pad 17A at 2:12 p.m. carrying the GPS 2R-16 navigation satellite.

Photo credit: Carleton Bailie for The Boeing Company









 

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