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Milstar 2-F3 (Titan 4B) 15 January 2002 |
Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
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| The flaming exhaust of a Titan 4B rocket reflects on the waves as it lofts a Milstar communications satellite into orbit for the US military from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at approximately 7:30 p.m. on 15 January 2002. The moment of ignition off on the horizon sends up a cloud of smoke, then the Titan rocket blazes like a comet across the sky, and, finally, the separation of the solid rocket boosters. And for you acronym junkies, Milstar stands for Military Strategic and Tactical Relay satellite. | |
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| The two boosters separate and fall away as the core stage continues on. | |
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