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Minotaur/Streak launch, September 22, 2005 |
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The Air Force STP-R1 Streak satellite was launched into polar orbit by a Minotaur rocket from Space launch Complex 8 at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 7:24 P.M. PDT on Thursday, September 22, 2005.
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The rocket climbed in to sunlight about 70 seconds after ignition of its first stage.
The fourth stage left an arrow shaped plume.
The sunlight illuminating the lower launch trail is reddened by passing through the atmosphere. Higher up it passes through less atmosphere and is whiter.
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Atlas IIAS/Terra, December 18, 1999
Delta II/Gravity Probe B, April 20, 2004
LGM-118 Peacekeeper, July 21, 2004
Minuteman III, August 25, 2005
Minuteman III, September 7, 2005
Titan IV/National Reconnaissance Office satellite, October 19, 2005
Delta II/CALIPSO Cloudsat, April 28, 2006
Delta IV/DMSP F17, November 4, 2006
Delta II/National Reconnaissance Office satellite, December 14, 2006
Delta II/COSMO-Skymed, May 7, 2007
Minotaur, August 23, 2007
Delta II/Worldview 1, September 18, 2007
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Pegasus-XL/Wide-Field Infra-red Explorer (WIRE) March 4, 1999
Atlas-IIAS/Terra December 18, 1999
Delta-II/Iridium February 11, 2002
Delta-II/AQUA May 4, 2002
Delta-II/Gravity-B April 20, 2004
Minuteman-III September 14, 2005
Minotaur/Streak September 22, 2005
Titan-IV/National Reconnaissance Office Satellite October 19, 2005
Minuteman-III February 16, 2006
Delta-II/Cloudsat-CALIPSO April 28, 2006
Minuteman-III June 14, 2006
Delta-IV/National Reconnaissance Office Satellite June 27, 2006
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A dozen photos of rocket and missile launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Daytime launches include:
Titan IV/National Reconnaissance Office satellite, December 20, 1996,
Atlas IIAS/Terra, December 18, 1999, and
Delta II/Iridium, February 11, 2002.
Time exposures capture the arching trajectories of:
Delta II/Iridium, November 8, 1997,Satellite payloads include:
Titan IV/National Reconnaissance Office satellite, May 22, 1999,
Titan II/Coriolis, January 6, 2003,
Minuteman III, September 10, 2003,
Atlas IIAS/National Reconnaissance Office satellite, December 2, 2003,
LGM-118 MX, July 21, 2004,
Delta II/AURA, July 15, 2004,
Minuteman II, July 23, 2004, and
Delta II/NOAA-18, May 20, 2005.
National Reconnaissance Office satellite, December 20, 1996,
National Reconnaissance Office satellite, May 22, 1999,
Terra, December 18, 1999,
Iridium, February 11, 2002,
Coriolis, January 6, 2003,
National Reconnaissance Office satellite, December 2, 2003,
AURA, July 15, 2004, and
NOAA-18, May 20, 2005.
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