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		Rocket: Delta 2 (7920) Payload: Classified NRO Date: Dec. 14, 2006 Time: 2100 GMT (1 p.m. PST; 4 p.m. EST) Site: SLC-2W, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Broadcast: AMC 1, Transponder 17, C-band, 103° West Mission Status Center Launch events timeline Ground track map Delta 2 rocket info Space Launch Complex 2 Our Delta archive

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First ULA Delta 2 launch
Posted: December 14, 2006

The first United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket ascends from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. These images were taken from the press viewing location.

Photo credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News

Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News

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