The First Delta IV Launches from
West Coast Space Shuttle Launch Pad
Vandenberg AFB, Calif.

June 27, 2006 
 ( Read more about this mission click here)

(Click here to see photos and read about the famous SLC-6 pad built for the Space Shuttle)

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Liftoff from SLC-6 at 8:33pm PDT! More launch photos on page 2!



Driving up to SLC-6 the day before launch.



A view through the MAS or Mobile Assembly Shelter.






A view from NE of the pad.






A view from the North.



LA Daily News Photographer Gene Blevins tries to setup his remote when the typical fog rolls in!



One of my remotes up on a photo tower.



Delta IV prior to MST rollback!



The Delta IV finally emerges from its pad structure fro launch.



The fog wasn't too bad for tower roll!



The NRO Logo and two individual who this flight was dedicated too.



A look down the flame trench for Delta IV.



Here you can get a sense of the size of the flame trench!

 

(Click here for Page 2 Launch Photos)




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