Gallery: Around the SLC 2 pad

Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 2 is the West Coast home of the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket. Blastoff with the NPP climate and weather observatory is scheduled for 2:48 a.m. local time on Friday, October 28.

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Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now