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    Delta II/COSMO-3 Launch from Vandenberg AFB

    By moonwatcher  |  Posted October 25, 2008  |  Goleta, California
     

     

    The COSMO-3 satellite was launched into polar orbit on a Delta II rocket from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air

    Force Base at 7:28 and 12 seconds on the evening

    of Friday, October 24. This time exposure captures the launch from ignition to burn out of the first stage main engine, 4 minutes 36 seconds after launch. The second stage is too faint to register in this image. The lights of the City of Buellton can be seen on the lower right. The planet Venus is the brightest astronomical object to the left of center.  This picture was taken in the Santa Ynez Mountains about 35 miles east of the  launch pad.

     

     

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