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Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
The Delta II launch vehicle carrying the STEREO spacecraft hurtles through the smoke and steam after liftoff from Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff was at 8:52 p.m. EDT.
STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) is using two nearly identical observatories, one ahead of Earth in its orbit and the other trailing behind. The duo measurements of the sun and its flow of energy, enabling scientists to study the nature of coronal mass ejections and why they happen.
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Launch Date:
October 25, 2006
Launch Vehicle:
Boeing Delta II 7925
Launch Pad:
Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Time:
8:52 p.m. EDT
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