
The Mission

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Rocket: Delta 4-Heavy
Payload: DSP 23
Date: Nov. 10, 2007
Window: 8:39-10:41 p.m. EST (0139-0341 GMT)
Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Satellite feed: Galaxy 26, Transponder 5, C-band, 93° West

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Delta 4-Heavy launch
 The first operational Delta 4-Heavy rocket launches the final Defense Support Program missile warning satellite for the Air Force.

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Station port moved
 The station crew uses the robot arm to detach the main shuttle docking port and mount it to the new Harmony module Nov. 12.

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Atlantis rolls out
 Space shuttle Atlantis rolls from the Vehicle Assembly Building to pad 39A for its December launch with the Columbus module.

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Atlantis goes vertical
 Atlantis is hoisted upright and maneuvered into position for attachment to the external tank and boosters.

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Space station EVA
 This Expedition 16 status briefing recaps the Nov. 9 spacewalk that prepared the station's shuttle docking port for relocation to the new Harmony module.

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STS-120 landing
 Discovery returns home to the Florida spaceport after its two-week mission.

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STS-120 SRB cameras
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STS-120 launch videos
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STS-120 day 1 highlights
 The highlights from shuttle Discovery's launch day are packaged into this movie.

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Delta 4-Heavy fires aloft
The first operational Delta 4-Heavy rocket blasts away from Cape Canaveral's Complex 37 at 8:50 p.m. EST carrying the 23rd and final Defense Support Program missile warning satellite for the U.S. Air Force.
Photo credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance
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