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Rocket: Delta 2 (7925)
Payload: GPS 2R-16
Date: Nov. 17, 2006
Window: 2:12-2:26 p.m. EST (1912-1926 GMT)
Site: SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Satellite feed: AMC 1, Transponder 17, C-band, 103° West

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Photo gallery: Mobile service tower rolled back

The launch pad 17A mobile service tower is retracted in preparation for liftoff of the Boeing Delta 2 rocket carrying the GPS 2R-16 navigation satellite.

Credit: Photos by Carleton Bailie for The Boeing Company








 

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