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WGS-8 Launch: Close-Up View
A close-up view of the launch of the U.S. Air Force’s WGS-8 satellite on Dec. 7, 2016.
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WGS-8 Satellite Launches on Dec. 7, 2016
The U.S. Air Force’s WGS-8 satellite launches atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium rocket on Dec. 7, 2016.
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Delta IV Medium Blazes Trail of Light
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium rocket blazes a light trail through the sky on Dec. 7, 2016.
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WGS-8 Mission Lifts Off
The U.S. military’s WGS-8 satellite lifts off atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium rocket on Dec. 7, 2016.
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WGS-8 Mission Rises into the Sky
A Delta IV Medium rocket carrying the WGS-8 military communications satellite rises into the sky above Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Dec. 7, 2016.
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Delta IV Medium Jettisons Solid Rocket Boosters
The Delta IV Medium launcher carrying the U.S. military’s WGS-8 satellite jettisons its solid rocket boosters shortly after lifting off on Dec. 7, 2016.
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WGS-8 Mission Shortly Before Launch
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket and its WGS-8 satellite payload sit ready to launch on Dec. 7, 2016.
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WGS-8 Launch Prep: Tower Rolled Back
The Mobile Service Tower is rolled back from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the WGS-8 mission for the U.S. Air Force in preparation for its Dec. 7, 2016 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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Looking Down on Delta IV Rocket
The view from above the Delta IV Medium rocket carrying the U.S. military’s WGS-8 satellite.
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Delta IV Rocket with WGS-8 Satellite
At Space Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Mobile Service Tower is rolled back from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the WGS-8 mission for the U.S. Air Force in preparation for a Dec. 7, 2016 launch.
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Delta IV Rocket with WGS-8 Satellite
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying the U.S. military’s Wideband Global SATCOM 8 satellite rolls out to its Cape Canaveral Air Force Station launchpad in Florida ahead of its Dec. 7, 2016 launch.
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WGS-8 Satellite Mated to Delta IV Rocket
The U.S. Air Force’s eighth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite, encapsulated in a 5-meter payload fairing, is mated to a Delta IV booster at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex (SLC)-37.
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WGS-8 Satellite Mated to Rocket
The U.S. Air Force’s WGS-8 satellite, encapsulated in a 5-meter payload fairing, is mated to a Delta IV booster at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex (SLC)-37 ahead of a Dec. 7, 2016 launch.
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WGS-8 Mission Poster
United Launch Alliance’s poster for the WGS-8 mission, which launched a military communications satellite on Dec. 7, 2016.
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