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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — At Launch Pad 17-A on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the wrapped spacecraft Swift is lifted from its transporter and up the mobile service tower for mating to the Boeing Delta II launch vehicle waiting there. Swift is scheduled to launch Nov. 17. The 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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