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Rocket: Delta 4 Medium+
Payload: NRO L-22
Date: June 27, 2006
Period: 7 to 9 p.m. PDT (10 p.m.-12 a.m. EDT)
Site: SLC-6, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Broadcast: AMC 1, Transponder 17, C-band, 103° West

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RS-68 main engine

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Photo gallery: Preps for first West Coast launch of Delta 4

The Boeing Delta 4 rocket stands atop Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 6 awaiting its planned June 27 liftoff.

Photo credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News





 

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