NASA's OCO-2 satellite launched from Vandenberg AFB shortly before 3 am this morning, turning south over the Santa Barbara Channel as it headed out to space.
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NASA’s OCO-2 satellite launched from Vandenberg AFB shortly before 3 am this morning, turning south over the Santa Barbara Channel as it headed out to space.
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OMG jeff…you are the king
+Moira Giagnoni Can't wait to show you the time-lapse video! 🙂
Wonderful!! 2 thumbs up.
+Jeff Sullivan will be a pleasure 🙂
great photo !!
Yay! Now that's an image not seen here at +NASA's Kennedy Space Center . Gorgeous
hermoso
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I love this type of photos. Beautiful!
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wow! its beautiful.
Lovely sky at night. <3 the bright light show 🙂
Beautiful
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Wordefull !!
Glory Allah
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Thanks everyone! I just found the launch timeline and figured out exactly what's happening in this photo within the span of seconds covered by this shot:
3:01 a.m. local (6:01 a.m. EDT; 1001 GMT)
T+plus 4 minutes, 39 seconds. MECO. The first stage main engine cutoff is confirmed and the spent stage has been jettisoned.
T+plus 4 minutes, 44 seconds. The Delta's second stage has ignited! The engine is up and running.
T+plus 4 minutes, 51 seconds. The rocket's nose cone enclosing the satellite payload has been jettisoned.
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d367/status.html