U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-17 weather satellite deployed to sun-synchronous orbit from Vandenberg. Marked the first Delta IV direct-injection mission and the rocket's first flight to a sun-synchronous orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 3 Delta IV M flights
- Date and time
- 4 November 2006, 13:53 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta IV M
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2006-050
- Launches in 2006
- 53rd of 66
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