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Rocket: Delta 2
Payload: WorldView 2
Date: Oct. 8, 2009
Time: 11:38-11:52 a.m. PDT (2:38-2:52 p.m. EDT)
Site: SLC-2W, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

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Delta 2 rocket readied for launch

In the predawn darkness at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 2 pad, the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket counts down toward the planned 11:38 a.m. PDT liftoff carrying the WorldView 2 commercial Earth-imaging satellite.

Photo credit: The Boeing Company










Credit: The Boeing Company
 

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