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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 first two images below were taken by sound-activated cameras at pad 17A. The other photos were taken from Kennedy Space Center's space shuttle press site.


Photo credit: U.S. Air Force
 


Photo credit: U.S. Air Force
 


Photo credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now
 


Our view of the launch from inside the Spaceflight Now office at Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now
 


Photo credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now
 

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