Genesis was launched Aug.
8, 2001, at 12:13:40 p.m. EDT from Florida's Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station. The launch vehicle was a Delta II
model 7326 rocket, similar to Deltas that have launched
other recent solar system exploration missions. These
rockets have differed primarily in the number of solid-fuel
boosters that augment the first stage of the liquid-fuel
Delta.
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