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Enjoy this terrific photograph from Aviation Week's regular onsite Cape shooter Ben Cooper. From Ben: A Delta IV-Heavy rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral June 29 at 9:15am EDT with NROL-15 for the National Reconnaissance Office. The world's largest rocket launched for the sixth time in eight years, and fifth from the Cape, and delivered a mammoth satellite that has been years in the waiting. The launch marked the debut of the RS-68A engines, which were developed especially for this launch's secret payload, which had been on the manifest for a very, very long time. The engines extend to 702,000 lbs of thrust the capability of the most powerful hydrogen engines ever made.
Enjoy this terrific photograph from Aviation Week's regular onsite Cape shooter Ben Cooper.
From Ben:
A Delta IV-Heavy rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral June 29 at 9:15am EDT with NROL-15 for the National Reconnaissance Office. The world's largest rocket launched for the sixth time in eight years, and fifth from the Cape, and delivered a mammoth satellite that has been years in the waiting. The launch marked the debut of the RS-68A engines, which were developed especially for this launch's secret payload, which had been on the manifest for a very, very long time. The engines extend to 702,000 lbs of thrust the capability of the most powerful hydrogen engines ever made.
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