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Rocket: Delta 2 (7420)
Payload: COSMO 3
Date: Oct. 24, 2008
Time: 7:28 p.m. PDT (10:28 p.m. EDT)
Site: SLC-2W, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Broadcast: AMC 16, Transponder 22, Ku-band

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Delta launches COSMO 3
Posted: October 25, 2008

The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket lifted off at 7:28 p.m. local time Friday night from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying Italy's COSMO-SkyMed 3 radar imaging satellite.


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