This collection of launch images includes photos from Spaceflight Now's sound-activated camera at Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 2 launch pad and the press viewing area about three miles away. The Delta 2 rocket launched at 12:46 a.m. local time carrying the Jason 2 oceanography satellite.

Photo credit: Chris Miller/Spaceflight Now

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