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Photo gallery: Mobile Service Tower rollback Posted: November 20, 2004
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)