Venerable Delta 2 rocket launch flawless again

Not knowing if the future will bring it more launch business, the workhorse Delta 2 rocket successfully deployed a vital climate and weather observatory this morning before riding into an uncertain state of limbo. The United Launch Alliance-made rocket, one of the world's most reliable space boosters ever built, pierced a star-filled sky for its middle-of-the-night ascent to deploy the NPP spacecraft. Liftoff occurred from Vandenberg Air Force Base along California's central coastline at 2:48 a.m. PDT (5:48 a.m. EDT; 0948 GMT). More

(Source: Space Flight Now - Oct 28)