Delta 2 Rocket Launches With Test Spacecraft
POSTED: Wednesday, June 21, 2006
UPDATED: 7:24 pm EDT June 21,
2006
A Delta 2 rocket lifted off out of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Wednesday night carrying a military satellite experiment.
The Delta 2 rocket apparently performed as planned and the spacecraft's orbit appeared to be on target, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported. The spacecraft successfully separated from the launch vehicle at 6:45 p.m.
The launch had been briefly delayed by a minor problem with a heater on the spacecraft and later, when range safety had to hustle to get a boater to move out of the hazard area, where it might have been endangered by the falling solid rocket boosters, according to the Flame Trench Web log.
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