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U.S. Air Force Team Vandenberg launches a Minotaur IV rocket at 9:41 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Minotaur IV carried the Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite into space. The satellite is a first-of-its-kind that can detect and track orbiting space objects from space.

MINOTAUR IV LAUNCH

U.S. Air Force Team Vandenberg launches a Minotaur IV rocket at 9:41 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Minotaur IV carried the Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite into space. The satellite is a first-of-its-kind that can detect and track orbiting space objects from space.

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