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		Rocket: Delta 4-Heavy Payload: NROL-26 Date: Jan. 17, 2009 Period: 7:00 p.m. to midnight local time Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral, Florida Broadcast: Galaxy 3C, Transponder 4, C-band, 95 degrees West Mission Status Center Our Delta archive Rocket panoramas Photos: In hangar Photos: Rollout Photos: Vertical on pad Photos: Tower rollback Photos: Tower rollback 2 Photos: Saturday A.M. Photos: Launch gallery D4-Heavy video coverage

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Delta 4-Heavy rocket stands up on the launch pad

The Delta 4-Heavy rocket to launch the NROL-26 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office was erected atop Cape Canaveral's launch pad 37B on March 27 to begin preparations for liftoff.

Photo credit: Carleton Bailie for United Launch Alliance

Credit: Carleton Bailie for United Launch Alliance

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