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Delta II brings Dawn on its way to asteroid belt

Submit on Friday, September 28th, 2007 05:26

Rocket: Delta II Heavy 7925-H; Payload: Dawn; Date: 27 September 2007, 1134 UTC; Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. Following a nominal one hour and two minute flight, the rocket deployed the spacecraft on its eight-year mission to study Ceres and Vesta, two asteroids residing in the vast asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

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