Delta II/Gravity Probe B Launches from
 Vandenberg AFB. 


 Delta II launches with NASA's Gravity Probe B Spacecraft on April 20, 2004.

 ( Read more about this mission click here)
   
   
First launch attempt on April 19th ended in a scrub.



Boeing Personal prepare to roll tower back around the Delta II,



MST moves over Delta II.



Delta II launches at 9:57:24am PST.



Wide angle with a 28 mm lens at main engine ignition.













This photo of Delta #304 was taken on the backside of  SLC-2.









Press Site folks waiting for launch 3.29 miles from the Delta Pad!



Heat waves make for a tuff shot with a 840mm lens.



The Delta II pitches over and starts heading down range.



A beautiful morning for a launch!




After the Six SRB's burnout the three remaining SRB's are ignited at T+ 70 seconds.




A 16 mm fisheye captures the smoke plume.

 

 
 The SLC-2 Pad 55 seconds after launch.
     



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