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Gallery: Debut launch of Delta 4-Heavy rocket
Posted: December 21, 2004

The Boeing Delta 4-Heavy rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral's pad 37B at 4:50 p.m. EST as seen from the press site. Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News

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