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Photos: Delta 4 rocket fires off the pad before sunset

July 24, 2015 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket was launched Thursday at 8:07 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 to deploy the Wideband Global SATCOM 7 military communications satellite into orbit for the U.S. Air Force.

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