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First ULA Delta 2 launch
Posted: December 15, 2006

The first United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket ascends from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.


Credit: Thom Baur/ULA
 


Credit: Thom Baur/ULA
 


Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Stonecypher
 


Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Richard Freeland
 


Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Richard Freeland
 


Credit: Thom Baur/ULA
 

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