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GLAST launched successfully. June 12, 2008

Posted by astroed in Astronomy.
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The GLAST spacecraft launched successfully from Florida at 12.05 pm EDT today. It is now in orbit about 560 km above the Earth with solar arrays deployed. A launch image is shown below (credit: NASA TV).

GLAST launching on a Delta II rocket. Image courtesy NASA TV.

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