Vandenberg AFB.
Delta II launches with 3 SRB's from Vandenberg AFB. on June 20,2008.
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On the 1st try the Delta II/Jason-2 launches at 12:46:25am PDT.
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The day before launch is remote camera setup. The MST surrounds the Delta II vehicle.
This photo shows the MST rolling back exposing the Delta II on Thursday June 19 at 6:30pm PDT
.Workers scramble to ready pad for launch!
Main engine start!
This 2 min. 10 sec. streak photo was taken 3.3 miles from SLC-2.
This streak shows the end of the first stage burn. The Moon is to the left.
An empty pad. Work starts for the next Delta II launch scheduled in August.
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