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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

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First ULA Delta 2 rocket
Posted: December 14, 2006

When the mobile service tower was rolled back this morning, the first United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket was revealed. ULA logos appear on the rocket and the pad's umbilical tower.



Credit: Thom Baur/ULA
 

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