Image:Delta II 7920 into flight.jpg

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Delta II heading downrange.

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After launch, the Delta II rocket carrying the Gravity Probe B spacecraft pitches over and starts heading downrange from Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Liftoff occurred at 9:57:24 a.m. PDT.

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