rocket launch
Taken by Anthony Galvan III on November 18, 2017 @
Goleta, California, USA
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5300
Exposure Time: 784/10
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 400
Date Taken: 2017:11:18 02:49:40
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After two launch cancellations, one due to boats in the launch area and the second due to high winds a Delta II rocket was launched from Space Complex 2 Saturday morning, 11-18-2017, at 1:47 am PDT.
The payload consisted of a NOAA weather satellite, designated JPSS-1 and five cube satellites designed and made by students from MIT, Northwest University Nazarene, ID, Vanderbilt University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the Australian Department of Defense.
The JPSS-1 satellite will orbit more than 500 miles above the earth and provide weather data for at least seven years. The cubesats will measure weather data, monitor ionizing radiation effects on integrated circuits, measure satellite orbit decay and calibrate over the radar data.
The last remaining Delta II launch vehicle in inventory is scheduled to be used in 2018. The rocket entered service in 1989 and will be replaced by the Delta IV. The Delta II used six booster which accelerated the half million pound rocket faster than the speed of sound in 33 seconds.
This 78 second time exposure was made 45 miles from the launch site in Goleta, California.
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