ttniv_v_c_o_KPP (PL00C-10229)
“The Lockheed Martin Titan IV Space Launch Vehicle lifts off from Complex 40 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying the B-29 Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite into orbit. Liftoff time was 12:01 p.m. EDT, 8 May 2000.”
Note the heavily “contract photographer-annotated” verso.
A damned good-looking rocket. I personally thought the Titan IIIC (and subsequent) family of launch vehicles all looked really bad-ass. Like ‘muscle-cars’ of old.
Two of the four lightning rods and their myriad of interconnected & ground wires are visible. Informative/interesting reading regarding them:
space.stackexchange.com/questions/6486/why-multiple-light...
space.stackexchange.com/questions/2958/what-are-the-tower...
Both above credit: “Space Exploration” Stack Exchange website
www3.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/226684main_LPS-08.pdf
DSP (Block/Phase 3) family of satellites. DSP-20 being the payload for this launch, the launch vehicle specifically being a Titan-4(02)B with Inertial Upper Stage (IUS):
space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/dsp-3.htm
Credit: “Gunter’s Space Page” website
ttniv_v_c_o_KPP (PL00C-10229)
“The Lockheed Martin Titan IV Space Launch Vehicle lifts off from Complex 40 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying the B-29 Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite into orbit. Liftoff time was 12:01 p.m. EDT, 8 May 2000.”
Note the heavily “contract photographer-annotated” verso.
A damned good-looking rocket. I personally thought the Titan IIIC (and subsequent) family of launch vehicles all looked really bad-ass. Like ‘muscle-cars’ of old.
Two of the four lightning rods and their myriad of interconnected & ground wires are visible. Informative/interesting reading regarding them:
space.stackexchange.com/questions/6486/why-multiple-light...
space.stackexchange.com/questions/2958/what-are-the-tower...
Both above credit: “Space Exploration” Stack Exchange website
www3.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/226684main_LPS-08.pdf
DSP (Block/Phase 3) family of satellites. DSP-20 being the payload for this launch, the launch vehicle specifically being a Titan-4(02)B with Inertial Upper Stage (IUS):
space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/dsp-3.htm
Credit: “Gunter’s Space Page” website