WorldView-2 Launches on a Delta II

Credit: WILLIAM G. HARTENSTEIN
A United Launch Alliance Delta II roars aloft from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., on Oct. 8 with DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 commercial remote-sensing spacecraft on board, after a 13-min. delay while a battery problem in the rocket’s second stage was resolved. Liftoff came at 2:51 p.m. EDT. Built by Ball...

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