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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.
You can buy a 2009 calendar featuring my photographs of rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
A dozen photos rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base:
Pegasus-XL/Wide-Field Infra-red Explorer (WIRE) March 4, 1999
Atlas-IIAS/Terra December 18, 1999
Delta II/Gravity Probe B, April 20, 2004
Minotaur/Streak September 22, 2005
Minuteman III, August 25, 2005
Titan IV/National Reconnaissance Office satellite, October 19, 2005
Delta-II/COSMO-SkyMed 2, December 8, 2007
Minuteman III, April 2, 2008
Target Launch Vehicle, September 24, 2008
Delta-II/GeoEye 1, September 6, 2008
Delta II/Jason 2, June 20, 2008
Delta II/COSMO-Skymed 3, October 24, 2008
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