Vandenberg AFB.
Delta II launches with 4 SRB's from Vandenberg AFB. on Sept. 6, 2008.
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On the 1st try the Delta II/GeoEye-1 launches at 11:50:57am PDT.
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This photo was taken 3.3 miles from SLC-2 with a thick low cloud deck over the pad.
Just a few seconds later the Delta II bunches through the clouds!
T+20 seconds!
SRB separation at T-1:30.
An empty pad. Work starts for the next Delta II launch scheduled in October.
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