Delta II COSMO-SkyMed 1

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket lifts off carrying the Constellation of Small Satellites for the Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO-SkyMed 1) spacecraft for the Italian Space Agency from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on June 7, 2007. The mission marked the first use of a ULA Delta II launch vehicle by Boeing Launch Services, a division of Boeing Network and Space Systems, for a commercial satellite.