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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 Mission Status Center Launch events timeline Ground track map Global Positioning System Delta 2 fact sheet Pre-launch flow Launch Complex 17 Archived Delta coverage

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Photo gallery: Mobile service tower rolled back

The launch pad 17A mobile service tower is retracted in preparation for liftoff of the Boeing Delta 2 rocket carrying the GPS 2R-16 navigation satellite.

Credit: Photos by Carleton Bailie for The Boeing Company

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