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Rocket: Delta 4
Payload: WGS 3
Date: Dec. 5, 2009
Window: 7:23 to 8:47 p.m. EST
Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Feed: Galaxy 16, Transponder 8,
C-band, 99° West

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Delta 4 rocket launches military communications satellite
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: December 5, 2009

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These images were taken from a press viewing site less than three miles from the Delta 4 launch pad. The 217-foot-tall rocket lifted off at 8:47 p.m. EST on Saturday with the Wideband Global SATCOM 3 communications spacecraft.

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