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Delta 332: Delta 2-7925 launches GPS 2R-19 |
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Using one of its final Delta 2 rockets, the U.S. Air Force continued a year-long launch surge of new Global Positioning System satellites with a successful blastoff from Cape Canaveral over the weekend.
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Delta 331: Delta 2-7925 launches GPS 2R-18 |
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Final Delta launch of 2007 lofts new GPS satellite
A productive year for the Delta rocket program that launched spacecraft to observe Earth, dig up frozen water on Mars and explore uncharted worlds in the asteroid belt was capped with a successful ascent of a modernized GPS navigation satellite on Thursday afternoon from Cape Canaveral.
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Delta 330: Delta 2-7420 launches COSMO 2 |
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Italian-made Earth observer soars into space
The second in a series of Italian radar satellites rocketed away from Earth on Saturday night, achieving a spot-on delivery into polar orbit aboard a Delta 2 rocket launched from California.
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Delta 329: Delta 4-Heavy launches DSP 23 |
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Delta 4-Heavy rocket fires away from Cape Canaveral
It is America's largest unmanned space booster. Its level of complexity causes engineers to liken it to launching three rockets at one time. And its fiery blastoffs create a dazzling yet heart-in-your-throat sight. Now, the mammoth Delta 4-Heavy has entered operational service with Saturday night's successful ascent carrying a critical surveillance satellite.
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Last-of-its-kind satellite reaches orbit
Saturday night signaled the end of a 37-year-long string of launches for the Air Force's early warning satellite program as the military prepares to transition toward a new system.
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Delta 328: Delta 2-7925 launches GPS 2R-17 |
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Upgraded satellite launched for the GPS constellation
A Global Positioning System satellite with enhanced qualities is flying high after successfully soaring into space Wednesday to reinvigorate a corner of the precision navigation network.
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Delta 327: Delta 2-7925H launches Dawn |
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Dawn spacecraft begins mission of exploration
Seeking to explore the uncharted worlds of Vesta and Ceres in the heart of the asteroid belt, NASA's Dawn space probe rocketed off planet Earth at sunrise Thursday to begin the three-billion-mile adventure that is counting on the craft's exotic ion engines to drive the eight-year trek.
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Delta 326: Delta 2-7920 lofts WorldView 1 |
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Delta 2 rocket launches to new success record
A sophisticated new Earth-imaging satellite with sharp eyes, nimble moves and a broad memory was launched Sept. 18, riding the ever-dependable Delta 2 rocket into orbit during a flawless ascent that set a new reliability mark for modern space boosters.
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Delta 325: Delta 2-7925 launches Phoenix |
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Phoenix takes flight!
NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has embarked on its 10-month, 420-million-mile cruise from Earth to Mars, departing aboard a Delta 2 rocket August 4 bound for the Red Planet to examine the frozen water in the northern plains that could be a habitable zone for life.
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Phoenix launch gallery
These collections of images show the Phoenix spacecraft leaving Earth for its interplanetary cruise to Mars. The mobile service gantry at pad 17A was rolled back Friday evening to reveal the Delta 2 rocket in the final hours of the countdown. The successful liftoff followed early Saturday.
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From Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, these panoramas show the Complex 17 launch pads used by Delta 2 rockets. Spaceflight Now photographer Chris Miller captured the panoramas before and after the Phoenix launch from pad 17A. The rocket to loft the Dawn asteroid probe stands on pad 17B.
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Lander targets Mars' water
When NASA's Phoenix lander arrives at Mars next May, it will join a flotilla of spacecraft already at the red planet working as a team of robotic scientists to probe the existence of water.
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Delta 324: Delta 2-7420 launches COSMO 1 |
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Italian satellite rockets to space atop Delta 2 booster
A Delta 2 rocket successfully launched June 7 from California to begin assembling an Italian-built constellation of observation satellites that will use radar to image the Earth for commercial and military uses.
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Delta 323: Delta 2-7925 launches THEMIS |
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Five spacecraft launched to probe space storms
Aiming to uncover the physics that power the auroras that crown Earth's poles, five tiny probes have been launched into space for a synchronized orbital dance to locate where the trigger is pulled to create the eerily magnificent displays.
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Delta 322: Delta 2-7920 launches NRO craft |
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First flight a success for United Launch Alliance
A secret spacecraft for the U.S. government's spy satellite agency successfully rocketed into orbit December 14 from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base in a history-making launch, the first for the United Launch Alliance consortium.
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Delta 321: Delta 2-7925 launches GPS 2R-16 |
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Delta 2 completes another GPS satellite delivery
The 125th Boeing Delta 2 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral November 17 on another mission to replenish the satellite constellation of the Global Positioning System.
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Delta 320: Delta 4-Medium lofts DMSP F17 |
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Military weather satellite rockets into polar orbit
A globe-spanning weather observatory successfully launched into space November 4 aboard a Boeing Delta 4 rocket, giving the U.S. military a new set of orbiting eyes to help plan air, sea and land operations around the world.
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Delta 319: Delta 2-7925 launches STEREO |
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Spacecraft launched to see the sun in a new dimension
NASA launched a pair of compact spacecraft October 25 that will use the moon's gravity to whip them into orbital positions ahead of and behind the Earth to study titanic solar eruptions in 3-D.
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Delta 318: Delta 2-7925 launches GPS 2R-15 |
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Updating the GPS satellite network takes next step
One year to the day after the Global Positioning System constellation began a modernization effort to improve the accuracy of the navigation network, the next step in that upgrade blasted into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Delta 317: Delta 4-Medium+ lofts NRO craft |
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New era of rocket launches begins at California base
A new spy satellite is circling Earth after a spectacular sendoff Tuesday evening, marking the first time such a clandestine national security spacecraft has launched aboard America's modern breed of rockets.
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Delta 316: Delta 2-7925 launches MiTEx |
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Delta 2 rocket puts military experiment into space
An experimental U.S. military project to characterize the performance of two micro-satellite trailblazers operating 22,300 miles above Earth and a prototype maneuvering motor for small spacecraft began with a beautiful blastoff from Cape Canaveral on the evening of June 21.
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Delta 315: Delta 4-Medium+ lofts GOES-N |
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Weather observatory for Americas ascends to space
The first member of a revitalized series of spaceborne weather watchers was shepherded into orbit by a Delta 4 rocket in a marathon launch May 24, giving American meteorologists a sophisticated new tool to warn against dangerous severe storms.
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Delta 314: Delta 2-7420 launches CALIPSO and CloudSat |
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7th shot the lucky one for Delta rocket launch
You could say it was a dream for insomniacs but a nightmare for everyone else. A week of night-owl countdowns to launch a Boeing Delta 2 rocket loaded with two atmospheric research satellites ended in scrubs for one reason or another. But try number seven proved to be the lucky one April 28, as the Delta rocket successfully blasted off from California.
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Delta 2: Photo gallery of Friday's rocket launch
This collection of images shows the Boeing Delta 2 rocket launching from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 3:02 a.m. local time with the CALIPSO and CloudSat atmospheric research satellites. Enjoy!
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Delta 313: Delta 2-7925 launches GPS 2R-14 |
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GPS modernization begins with Delta rocket launch
A Boeing Delta 2 booster pierced the night sky September 25, successfully launching the first modernized Global Positioning System satellite to build a bridge from the navigation network of today to the advancements of tomorrow.
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Delta 312: Delta 2-7320 lofts NOAA-N |
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Delta 2 rocket delivers weather satellite into space
A weather observatory was successfully launched into orbit May 20 to build upon a 45-year history of tracking the Earth's environmental conditions from space.
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Delta 311: Delta 2-7925 lofts Deep Impact |
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Probe launched to smack heart of wandering comet
Look out Comet Tempel 1, here comes Deep Impact! A washing machine-sized projectile tucked inside its mothership spacecraft launched from Earth January 12 on a 268-million-mile collision course that promises to create spectacular July Fourth fireworks when the 820-pound copper-tipped bullet smashes into the comet's frigid heart.
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Delta 310: Delta 4-Heavy demo flight |
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Delta 4-Heavy rocket hits snag on test flight
The test launch of Boeing's Delta 4-Heavy rocket began with a breath-taking blastoff from Cape Canaveral on December 21 but lower-than-expected performance during the initial minutes of flight ultimately caused the mission to fall short of its intended orbit.
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Delta 309: Delta 2-7320 launches Swift |
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Spacecraft launched to observe cataclysmic blasts
NASA launched a $250 million quick-response satellite November 20 to study enigmatic gamma ray flashes from brief-but-titanic deep space explosions that may be the "death cries" of massive stars imploding to form black holes.
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Photo collection: Successful launch of Swift spacecraft
NASA's Swift gamma-ray observatory was launched aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral at 12:16 p.m. EST November 20. These photo galleries follow the day's activities and successful blastoff into crystal-clear skies.
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Delta 308: Delta 2-7925 launches GPS 2R-13 |
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Delta rocket puts on late-night show with GPS launch
After a nerve-racking stay on its Cape Canaveral launch pad with uncomfortably close encounters by two powerful hurricanes, a Boeing Delta 2 rocket finally thundered into space November 6 where it successfully deployed a Global Positioning System satellite to aid U.S. military forces around the world.
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Delta 307: Delta 2-7925H lofts MESSENGER |
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Probe leaves Earth on voyage to orbit Mercury
A Boeing Delta 2 rocket roared to life August 3 and climbed into space, launching NASA's ambitious MESSENGER probe on a round-about six-and-a-half-year voyage to Mercury, a $427 million quest to fill in one of the most glaring blanks in planetary exploration.
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MESSENGER launch told through photo collection
NASA's MESSENGER space probe began its seven-year, five-billion mile journey from Earth to the planet Mercury aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket. These two photo galleries capture the countdown and the actual launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Craft launched to probe atmosphere's chemistry
A school bus-sized space observatory that will monitor the health of Earth's atmosphere in unprecedented detail rocketed into polar orbit July 15, finally darting away from its California launch pad atop a Boeing Delta 2 booster after several frustrating delays.
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Delta 305: Delta 2-7925 launches GPS 2R-12 |
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Delta rocket successfully launches one for The Gipper
Finally winning the battle over Florida's summertime weather after three earlier losses, a Boeing Delta 2 rocket roared to space June 23 and deployed a Global Positioning System military navigation satellite in a mission dedicated to the memory of President Ronald Reagan.
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Launch photo collection
This gallery of launch pictures captures the successful flight of Boeing's Delta 2 rocket carrying the GPS 2R-12 spacecraft as seen from sound-activated cameras at pad 17B, the press viewing site at Cape Canaveral and more.
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Photos show launch preps
These photos were taken Wednesday morning as the mobile service tower was rolled away from the Boeing Delta 2 rocket at launch pad 17B.
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Spacecraft launched to test Albert Einstein's theories
A slender Boeing Delta 2 rocket boosted NASA's Gravity Probe B spacecraft into polar orbit April 20, kicking off a $700 million mission to precisely measure how gravity warps and twists the fabric of space and time.
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