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Rollback of mobile service tower at pad 17A
Posted: September 25, 2005

The mobile service gantry is retracted for launch at Cape Canaveral's pad 17A, revealing the Boeing Delta 2 rocket for its liftoff carrying the first modernized GPS 2R navigation satellite. Credit: Boeing photos by Carleton Bailie

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