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Delta II Launch Successful From Vandenberg AFB

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Monday, October 12th, 2009

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Vandenberg Oct. 8 successfully launched from Space Launch Complex-2 a Delta II carrying WorldView-2, a high-resolution, remote-sensing satellite now in polar orbit, the Air Force said. "There really is nothing quite as exciting as seeing one of these powerful little rockets jump off the pad," Col David Buck, 30th Space Wing commander, said. "I'm incredibly proud of this wing and its mission partners for the way they conquer the immense technical difficulties of space lift operations and make it look…

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