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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 Mission Status Center

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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: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

Credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

Additional coverage for subscribers:
VIDEO: WIDESCREEN MOVIE OF LAUNCH SHOT FROM PRESS SITE PLAY
VIDEO: DELTA 4-HEAVY ROCKETS LAUNCHES WITH DSP 23 PLAY

VIDEO: PRE-LAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE PLAY
VIDEO: ANIMATION OF DSP SATELLITE PLAY
VIDEO: DSP 23 SATELLITE IS TRANSPORTED TO PAD 37B PLAY
VIDEO: THE DSP 23 SPACECRAFT MOUNTED ATOP ADAPTER PLAY
VIDEO: FIRST DELTA 4-HEAVY FROM LIFTOFF TO BOOSTER SEP. PLAY
VIDEO: ONBOARD CAMERA RECORDS FIRST HEAVY LAUNCH PLAY
VIDEO: ONBOARD CAMERA SEES BOOSTER SEPARATION PLAY
VIDEO: ONBOARD CAMERA CAPTURES FAIRING JETTISON PLAY
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