Delta 4 takes WGS-3 into the night 12/5/09 ~ 8:47pm Homepage       Launch Photos A Delta 4 rocket lit up the night flying for the first time in the medium +(5,4) configuration with four solid rocket boosters, the most it can have, and a larger 5-meter payload fairing. The 23-story vehicle deployed the third Wideband Global SATCOM satellite, WGS-3, into geosynchronous transfer orbit successfully. Rocket on Pad 37       Dec. 3 scrub <--- GOES-O                                     GOES-P --->
					From 2.7 miles away on the NASA causeway:
				It was a very clear night: