Known as a “#launch jellyfish,” when a #rocket like a #ULA #Delta IV, the trail of condensation may catch the light of the Sun even after it’s set from the perspective of the surface.
This colorful display followed the launch of a #DeltaIV Medium rocket with the Wideband Global SatCom 5 military communications satellite.
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A United #Launch Alliance #Delta IV Heavy lifts off carrying the NROL-15 payload to orbit.
The #Delta4Heavy has 3 Common Booster Cores (#CBC) attached side by-side, each with one RS-68 #rocket #engine.
The #DeltaRocket is launching from SLC-37B at Cape #Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying NROL-15, a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (#NRO) that is widely known be be an ADVANCED ORION/Trumpet #SIGINT #satellite.
This #Photo was taken from the NASA Causeway that connects KSC to #CCAFS.
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Service Tower that sits over the pad and helps stack the rocket and protect it from weather.
At launch time, it rolls back, leaving the rocket exposed and ready to launch.
The gray Fixed Umbilical tower on the left of the Mobile Service Tower serves as an umbilical support providing the rocket with LOX and LH2 until launch.
The two towers on either side of the Mobile Service Tower are Lighting Arrestor Towers.
The #Florida scrubland can be seen at the bottom of the image, as well as the Banana River.
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