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Gantry rolled back from Delta 2 rocket
Posted: February 3, 2009

Shortly after nightfall, the mobile service gantry at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 2 was retracted to reveal the Delta 2 rocket in preparation for liftoff carrying the NOAA-N Prime polar-orbiting weather satellite.

Photo credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News











Photo credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News
 

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