File:SDIO Delta Star.jpg

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Description

A Delta II rocket in the Strategic Defense Initiative program lifts off beside its launch tower. Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Date

24 March 1989

Source

www.defenseimagery.mil ID:DD-ST-89-11768

Author

SDIO / Air Force Service Depicted: Other Service Command Shown: D0206

Permission
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This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain.

Extended information

SDIO markings and "Wooden Stake" spacecraft markings indicate this is the Delta 183 launch vehicle carrying the "Delta Star" spacecraft. Additional information: The Aerospace Corporation. Delta Star: an SDIO Space Experiment. Accessed June 18, 2006.

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