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Rocket: Delta 4-Heavy
Payload: NROL-26
Date: Jan. 17, 2009
Period: 7:00 p.m. to midnight local time
Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Broadcast: Galaxy 3C, Transponder 4, C-band, 95 degrees West

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Photos: In hangar

Photos: Rollout

Photos: Vertical on pad

Photos: Tower rollback

Photos: Tower rollback 2

Photos: Saturday A.M.

Photos: Launch gallery

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Pad gantry rolled back from the Delta 4-Heavy rocket

The 330-foot tall mobile service tower rolled away from the Delta 4-Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral's launch pad 37B at 10 a.m. in preparation for liftoff January 14.

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