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Rocket: Delta 4-Heavy
Payload: NROL-26
Date: Jan. 17, 2009
Period: 7:00 p.m. to midnight local time
Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Broadcast: Galaxy 3C, Transponder 4, C-band, 95 degrees West

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Photos: Rollout

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Photos: Tower rollback

Photos: Tower rollback 2

Photos: Saturday A.M.

Photos: Launch gallery

D4-Heavy video coverage



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Delta 4-Heavy launch

The first operational Delta 4-Heavy rocket launches the final Defense Support Program missile warning satellite for the Air Force.

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STS-76: In review

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STS-75: In review

The STS-75 astronauts narrate highlights from the 1996 mission that saw the tethered satellite suddenly break free from the shuttle.

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STS-72: In review

The STS-72 astronauts narrate highlights from the 1996 mission that retrieved a Japanese satellite.

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STS-122: In review

The STS-122 crew narrates highlights from its mission that delivered Europe's Columbus module to the space station.

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STS-100: In review

The STS-100 astronauts narrate highlights from the April 2001 mission that installed the station's Canadian robot arm.

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STS-102: In review

The STS-102 astronauts narrate highlights from the March 2001 mission that conducted the first ISS resident crew exchange.

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STS-123 landing

Shuttle Endeavour returned from space with a night landing March 26 at Kennedy Space Center.

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STS-123 day 1 highlights

The highlights from shuttle Endeavour's launch day are packaged into this movie.

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Launching on the shuttle

Video cameras on the boosters and tank, plus a cockpit camera show what the shuttle and its astronauts experience during the trek to space.

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STS-120: In review

The STS-120 crew narrates highlights from its mission that delivered the station's Harmony module and moved the P6 power truss.

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Delta 4-Heavy rocket stands up on the launch pad

The Delta 4-Heavy rocket to launch the NROL-26 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office was erected atop Cape Canaveral's launch pad 37B on March 27 to begin preparations for liftoff.

Photo credit: Carleton Bailie for United Launch Alliance










Credit: Carleton Bailie for United Launch Alliance
 

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