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Rocket: Delta 4-Heavy
Payload: DSP 23
Date: Nov. 10, 2007
Window: 8:39-10:41 p.m. EST (0139-0341 GMT)
Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Satellite feed: Galaxy 26, Transponder 5, C-band, 93° West

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Delta 4-Heavy launch

The first operational Delta 4-Heavy rocket launches the final Defense Support Program missile warning satellite for the Air Force.

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Station port moved

The station crew uses the robot arm to detach the main shuttle docking port and mount it to the new Harmony module Nov. 12.

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Atlantis rolls out

Space shuttle Atlantis rolls from the Vehicle Assembly Building to pad 39A for its December launch with the Columbus module.

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Atlantis goes vertical

Atlantis is hoisted upright and maneuvered into position for attachment to the external tank and boosters.

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Space station EVA

This Expedition 16 status briefing recaps the Nov. 9 spacewalk that prepared the station's shuttle docking port for relocation to the new Harmony module.

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STS-120 landing

Discovery returns home to the Florida spaceport after its two-week mission.

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STS-120 SRB cameras

Spectacular footage from six cameras mounted on shuttle Discovery's solid rocket boosters.

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STS-120 launch videos

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STS-120 day 1 highlights

The highlights from shuttle Discovery's launch day are packaged into this movie.

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Delta 4-Heavy fires aloft

The first operational Delta 4-Heavy rocket blasts away from Cape Canaveral's Complex 37 at 8:50 p.m. EST carrying the 23rd and final Defense Support Program missile warning satellite for the U.S. Air Force.

Photo credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance










Photo credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance
 

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