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Rocket: Delta 2 (7920)
Payload: WorldView 1
Date: Sept. 18, 2007
Time: 11:35-11:49 a.m. PDT (2:35-2:49 p.m. EDT)
Site: SLC-2W, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

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Delta launches WorldView
Posted: September 18, 2007

The ULA Delta 2 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on its flight carrying the WorldView 1 commercial Earth-imaging satellite. These photos were taken from the press viewing site.

Photo credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News





 

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