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Liftoff

This is moments after liftoff of a ULA Atlas V rocket. The rocket is moving downrange quickly creating and amazing looking vapor trail. To the right you can see the boosters falling back to earth. The photo was taken from the Max Brewer Bridge in Titusville, FL.

 

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 421 rocket launching the sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO 6) missile detection and early warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC). ULA’s Atlas V rocket will launched SBIRS GEO 6 into a performance optimized geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). Liftoff occurred from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

 

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Uploaded on September 4, 2022
Taken on August 4, 2022