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Photos: Delta 4 lights up the sky for night owl launch

August 19, 2016 Justin Ray

Launching the second pair of Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites for the U.S. military, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket thundered away from Cape Canaveral today at 12:52 a.m. EDT (0452 GMT).

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