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Spacecraft: Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)
Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Delta II 7920-H
Launch Location: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Launch Pad: Launch Complex 17-B
Launch Date: No earlier than June 3
Launch Window: 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT

Launch Pad Testing Conducted


Image above: On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope displays the GLAST mission patch. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder
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At Launch Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a cryogenic test of the Delta II first stage was completed, including a countdown with the loading of liquid oxygen as a leak check of the first stage. The following day, the team conducted a simulated flight test that exercised the onboard vehicle systems of the Delta II from liftoff through spacecraft separation.

The GLAST spacecraft is in the hazardous processing facility where fueling operations will take place.

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