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KSC-04pd-2384

NASA / KSC · 2004-11-20 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — The Boeing Delta II launch vehicle for NASA’s Swift spacecraft is poised for launch at the scheduled liftoff time of 12:16:00.611 p.m. EST from Launch Pad 17-A on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Swift is a first-of-its-kind multi-wavelength observatory dedicated to the study of gamma-ray burst science. Its three instruments will work together to observe GRBs and afterglows in the gamma ray, X-ray, ultraviolet and optical wavebands.

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Credit lineKSC-04pd-2384. NASA/KSC, 2004-11-20. Public domain. ID: 04pd2384.
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