November 27, 2024
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VAFB launches rocket

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A Delta 2 rocket blasted into space from Vandenberg Air Force Base May 5 carrying an experimental missile-defense satellite.

The Missile Defense Agency placed a tracking and surveillance system  inside the rocket’s nose.

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