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		Rocket: Delta 4 Payload: WGS 3 Date: Dec. 5, 2009 Window: 7:23 to 8:47 p.m. EST Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral, Florida Feed: Galaxy 16, Transponder 8, C-band, 99° West Mission Status Center Our preview story Photos: Launch gallery Photos: Press site view Photos: Tower rollback Photos: Pre-launch Photos: Second attempt Launch events timeline Ground track map Delta 4 illustration Complex 37 Delta archive

Delta 4 readied for second countdown
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: December 5, 2009

The Delta 4 rocket stands atop Cape Canaveral's pad 37B as the second launch attempt gets underway on the morning of December 5 for the military mission to deploy the Air Force's Wideband Global SATCOM communications spacecraft.

Photo credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance

Photo credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance

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