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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Boeing technicians in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida maneuver a segment of the payload transfer canister into place around the plastic-wrapped Swift spacecraft. The launch of the Swift observatory, a NASA spacecraft to pinpoint the location of gamma-ray bursts, is scheduled for Nov. 17 from Pad 17-A on CCAFS. Liftoff aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket is targeted at the opening of a one-hour launch window beginning at 12:09 p.m. EST.
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