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KSC-04pd-2281

NASA / KSC · 2004-11-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — The Swift spacecraft arrives at the top of the mobile service tower at Launch Pad 17-A on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. There it will be mated 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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