A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket blasts off from Space Launch
Complex-2 launch pad at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., at 1:24 p.m. PDT. The Delta II successfully carried the Missile Defense Agency’s Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS)Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (ATRR) payload into orbit. (Photo by Carleton Bailie, United Launch Alliance) Download Full Image |