A Delta II rocket is scheduled to launch between 6 – 6:30 a.m. PST
Dec. 11 from Space Launch Complex-2 here. The rocket will carry
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite.
Col. David Buck, the 30th Space Wing commander, is the western range
launch decision authority for this mission.
Once in orbit the WISE satellite will scan the entire sky with infrared
light a with sensitivity hundreds of times greater than ever before, picking
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