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Delta II 7920-10C JPSS-1 launch
Vandenberg SLC2 : November 18, 2017

This was the penultimate Delta II launch, and the last using the 9 booster configuration. The payload was a NASA/NOAA weather satellite.

November 15 scrub

After a launch scrub due to high upper level winds, most of the restricted airspace went cold and I was able to overfly the launch pad! I couldn't help feeling like I just wasn't supposed to be there. The rocket was still "steaming" from the LO2 fuel that was being offloaded.

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November 18 launch

From 8500', 10nm E of Vandenberg

LAX at night
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09:47:41Z (L+00:05)
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09:47:58Z (L+00:22)
09:49:06Z (L+01:30) Ground-lit SRBs jettisoned
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09:51:38Z (L+04:02)