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Rocket: Delta 4 Medium+
Payload: GOES-N
Date: May 24, 2006
Window: 6:11-7:11 p.m. EDT (2211-2311 GMT)
Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Broadcast: AMC 3, Transponder 5, C-band

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Photo gallery: Delta 4 launches with GOES-N

The Boeing Delta 4 rocket blasts off with the GOES-N weather satellite, as seen from the press site along the NASA Causeway.

Photo credit: Ken Thornsley/NASA-KSC






 

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VIDEO: NARRATED ANIMATION OF GOES-N LAUNCH PLAY
VIDEO: GOES-N HOISTED ATOP DELTA 4 ROCKET PLAY
VIDEO: SPACECRAFT DRIVEN TO LAUNCH PAD 37B PLAY
VIDEO: ROCKET NOSE CONE PLACED AROUND GOES-N PLAY
VIDEO: GOES-N LIFTED TO ROCKET ADAPTER AT ASTROTECH PLAY
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