At 11:05am CDT on June 11th, 2008 a Delta II rocket carried GLAST into a circular Earth orbit. Here is the launch coverage for as long as we could see the rocket. GLAST has separated from the spacecraft and extended its solar panels.
For more information on GLAST visit:
http://www.spacevidcast.com/category/glast/
http://glast.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://www-glast.stanford.edu/
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/main/index.html
Here's a funny observation from yesterday's launch of the Delta/Glast that everyone might get a laugh at.
Upon watching the replay of the launch, there was a camera shot from the launch pad that seemed to be very close to the rocket body. When it launched, I thought it exploded as all I saw was a ton of smoke engulfing the shot. My heart totally jumped but a few seconds later, another angle showed it's upward trajectory. I was relieved to say the least.
May the GLAST bring back some wonderful data!!!
Dwayne
Thanks for posting this Ben since I missed it...your too fricken the shizznig dawg!!
Thanks !