GLAST Launch

At 12:05 p.m. EDT, the Delta II rocket easily lifted the GLAST spacecraft off the launch pad, out of smoke and clouds and into a beautiful Florida sky headed for space. GLAST is now on its own with its solar arrays deployed and placed into a circular orbit 350 miles above the Earth, prepared to monitor the universe and the mysterious gamma-ray bursts.

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[alucard1083]

so has there been any visual evidence/information of GLAST sent yet?

[Tyrannobeast]

It's also fast because the Delta II doesn't have to be man-rated, unlike the Space Shuttle, so the Delta II is able to go really fast without knocking everyone on board unconscious... Because there is no one on board!

[boonatron]

yeah it was, I would think it's because the Delta II weighs alot less than the space shuttle..so It wouldn't require much for the vehicle to travel faster

[Raaaaatib93]

so glast is already in space?

[lchaney214]

I was at Kennedy Space Center for this launch.

[kekippen]

One small step for ULA, one giant leap for gamma-ray astronomy!

[foley15136]

Is that considered a "high Earth orbit"?

[drsheikhjunior]

That was one fast launch!