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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - A rocket carrying six small weather satellites blasted off Friday evening on a five-year mission to track hurricanes, monitor climate change and study space weather.
The satellites, a joint venture by Taiwan and the United States, launched from California's Central Coast aboard a Minotaur rocket shortly after 6:30 p.m. and were expected to reach orbit about 250 miles above Earth.
The launch had been delayed more than an hour following an abort due to a problem that developed about 90 seconds before the original liftoff time. Launch controllers resolved the problem in time for a second try.
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