Delta 4 rocket blasts off!

BY JUSTIN RAY
SPACEFLIGHT NOW

Posted: January 19, 2011


A heavy layer of dew on the camera lens ruined these liftoff shots from up-close at Cape Canaveral's Complex 37 as United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket fired to life on a Defense Department mission to deploy a vital U.S. military communications satellite to support battlefield troops and unmanned aerial drones in the Middle East.

See our Mission Status Center for the latest news on the launch.

Photo credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now

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