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		Rocket: Titan 4B (B-30) Payload: Classified Date: April 29, 2005 Period: 8:50 p.m. EDT Site: Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, Florida Broadcast: Galaxy 3, Transponder 7, C-Band, 95° West Mission Status Center Launch preview story Workers' uncertain future Launch events timeline Hazard area map Titan 4 rocket info Vehicle history Titan 4 archive

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Photo gallery: Cape's final Titan rocket lifts off

Titan 4
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