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		Rocket: Delta 4-Heavy Payload: NROL-49 Date: Jan. 20, 2011 Time: 1:08 p.m. PST (4:08 p.m. EST) Site: SLC-6, Vandenberg AFB, California Feed: AMC 1, Transp. 9, C-band, 103° West Mission Status Center History feature Pad modification story Photos: First West Coast D4-Heavy arrives at SLC-6 Photos: Rollout to pad from assembly hangar Photos: Rocket lifted vertically atop launch pad Photos: Media day at Space Launch Complex 6 Photos: Delta's final launch preps Photos: Gantry rollback Photos: Launch gallery Photos: Surf Beach Photos: Inside Vandenberg's space shuttle hangar Photos: Road trip for Enterprise over Vandenberg's hilly terrain Photos: Space shuttle Enterprise arrives at SLC-6 Photos: Fully assembled shuttle stands atop the pad Photos: Nighttime views of SLC-6 with the shuttle Photos: The space shuttle launch control room Photos: Final look at the West Coast space shuttle that never flew Our Delta archive

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Delta 4-Heavy launches from California
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: January 20, 2011

Thw Delta 4-Heavy rocket blasts off on its maiden mission from Space Launch Complex 6 carrying a critical national security satellite into polar orbit from the West Coast.

Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News

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