Wait, hang on a minute. When was this, where was this. WTF is going on, where am I.

Good old internets and its random clip posting.

Lazyweb, anyone have more details on if this is real and if so where and when?

Solved, see the clip and some scant details of the launch below:

The first GPS2R satellite aboard a Delta 2 rocket just exploded!

Date: 1/17/97 1:35 PM

NEWS FLASH!

The launch vehicle blew itself up at Launch+7 seconds. The event was confirmed at L+10 seconds and Range Safety sent the official auto-destruct signal at L+25 (just to make sure). The GPS2R is the next generation of GPS satellites. Vehicle #2 was destroyed. Vehicle #1 is still in storage.

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