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		Rocket: Delta 2 Payload: WISE Date: Dec. 14, 2009 Time: 6:09 to 6:23 a.m. PST (9:09-9:23 a.m. EST) Site: SLC-2W, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Mission Status Center NASA press kit Launch events timeline Ground track map WISE fact sheet Delta 2 fact sheet Space Launch Complex 2 Our Delta archive

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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 6:09 a.m. PST liftoff carrying NASA's WISE infrared space telescope.

Photo credit: Bill Hartenstein/United Launch Alliance

Credit: Bill Hartenstein/United Launch Alliance

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