Dropping the "Solids"

The Delta II rocket drops its solid fuel booster rockets during NASA's OCO-2 satellite launch last week.

 

2:58 a.m. local (5:58 a.m. EDT; 0958 GMT)

T+plus 1 minute, 50 seconds. "The ATK-made solid rocket boosters have jettisoned from the first stage. They remained attached until the rocket cleared off-shore oil rigs."

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