United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched – at the third attempt – the penultimate Delta II mission on Saturday, carrying the JPSS-1 weather satellite on its path to orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Liftoff, from Space Launch Complex 2W, occurred during a 62-second window opening at 01:47 Pacific time (09:47 UTC) on Saturday.
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