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Tower rollback
 The mobile service tower is rolled back from the Boeing Delta 2 rocket, exposing the vehicle at launch pad 17A just before daybreak. (3min 14sec file)
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Swift campaign
 The pre-launch campaign of the Swift observatory at Cape Canaveral is presented in this video package with expert narration by a spacecraft team member. (8min 01sec file)
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Delta launch preps
 Assembly of the Boeing Delta 2 rocket at launch pad 17A and mating of the Swift spacecraft is presented in this video package with expert narration. (8min 51sec file)
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Swift pre-launch briefing
 The launch of Swift and its initial activities after reaching orbit are detailed in the traditional pre-launch news conference held the day prior to liftoff. (23min 52sec file)
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The science of Swift
 U.S., British and Italian scientists on the Swift mission talk about the gamma-ray observatory and its objectives during this Kennedy Space Center news conference the day before launch. (35min 40sec file)
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Photo gallery: Mobile Service Tower rollback
Posted: November 20, 2004
The mobile service tower is rolled back from the Boeing Delta 2 rocket at pad 17A just before sunrise in preparation to launch NASA's Swift gamma-ray observatory. Photo: NASA-KSC
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