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Rocket: Delta 2-Heavy
Payload: GLAST
Date: June 11, 2008
Window: 11:45 a.m.-1:40 p.m. EDT (1545-1740 GMT)
Site: SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral, Florida

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Tower rolled back for Delta 2 launch of GLAST
Posted: June 11, 2008

The United Launch Alliance Delta 2-Heavy rocket stands ready for liftoff from Cape Canaveral's pad 17B following rollback of the mobile service tower. The rocket will launch into orbit NASA's GLAST gamma-ray observatory.

Photo credit: Carleton Bailie for United Launch Alliance





Photo credit: Carleton Bailie for United Launch Alliance
 

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