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Washington Times
November 12, 2007
Pg. 8
CAPE CANAVERAL — A Delta 4 rocket blasted off Saturday night, carrying a national security satellite into space.
The 23-story rocket, which replaced the Titan fleet two years ago, blasted slowly at 8:50 p.m., taking nearly 15 seconds to clear the launch pad.
The 1.6-million-pound rocket, which can carry the military's largest payloads, uses three common booster cores strapped together with a trio of hydrogen-fueled motors and then added to an upper-stage rocket.
It carried the 23rd and final satellite of the Air Force's Defense Support Program. The satellite was expected to set into orbit 6½ hours after liftoff, more than 22,000 miles above the Earth.
November 12, 2007
Pg. 8
CAPE CANAVERAL — A Delta 4 rocket blasted off Saturday night, carrying a national security satellite into space.
The 23-story rocket, which replaced the Titan fleet two years ago, blasted slowly at 8:50 p.m., taking nearly 15 seconds to clear the launch pad.
The 1.6-million-pound rocket, which can carry the military's largest payloads, uses three common booster cores strapped together with a trio of hydrogen-fueled motors and then added to an upper-stage rocket.
It carried the 23rd and final satellite of the Air Force's Defense Support Program. The satellite was expected to set into orbit 6½ hours after liftoff, more than 22,000 miles above the Earth.