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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 Mission Status Center GOES-N fact sheet Launch events timeline Ground track map Launch hazard area Delta 4 background info Rocket processing flow RS-68 main engine Booster graphic Our Delta archive

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Photo gallery: Service tower rolled back May 24

Just after sunrise on May 24, the 330-foot tall mobile service tower was rolled back to reveal the Boeing Delta 4 rocket in preparation for launch of the GOES-N weather satellite.

Photo credit: Carleton Bailie for The Boeing Company

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