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KSC-2011-7586
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Space Launch Complex-2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) is illuminated by the brilliance of its engines' ignition. Liftoff was at 2:48 a.m. PDT. NPP represents a critical first step in building the next-generation of Earth-observing satellites.
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Credit lineKSC-2011-7586. NASA/KSC, 2011-10-28. Public domain. ID: 2011-7586.
