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Video: Delta 2/SMAP pre-launch news conference

January 28, 2015 Justin Ray

NASA, United Launch Alliance and Air Force officials hold the pre-launch news conference for the Delta 2 rocket with the agency’s SMAP environmental satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Jan. 27.

 

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  • Falcon 9 deploys 56 Starlink satellites on SpaceX’s 20th launch of the year
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  • Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellites from New Zealand
    March 24, 2023
  • Live coverage: SpaceX launches 56 more Starlink internet satellites
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  • Relativity’s 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket reaches space, but falls short of orbit
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