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NASA SMAP Satellite Launch 01-31-2015 Satellite and Delta 3rd stage in orbit after launch (see caption for details)
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NASA SMAP Satellite Launch 01-31-2015 Delta rocket downrange over 2 min after launch
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NASA SMAP Satellite Launch 01-31-2015 Delta rocket disappears in very low cloud deck seconds after launch
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NASA SMAP Satellite Launch 01-31-2015
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NASA SMAP Satellite Launch 01-31-2015 Delta rocket clears the tower
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NASA SMAP Satellite Launch 01-31-2015 A few seconds after liftoff, 8:20am EST
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NASA SMAP Satellite Launch 01-31-2015
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NASA and Astronomy 2015
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NASA SMAP Satellite Launch 01-31-2015 SMAP deployed, drifting away from rocket (bottom foreground), with 2 solar arrays unfolding (top, L & R)
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2-11-2015 05:03:32pm CST NASA SpaceX Falcon9 launch of DSCOVR satellite... Deep Space Climate Observatory
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2-11-2015 05:03:32pm CST NASA SpaceX Falcon9 launch of DSCOVR satellite... Deep Space Climate Observatory
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2-11-2015 05:03:32pm CST NASA SpaceX Falcon9 launch of DSCOVR satellite... Deep Space Climate Observatory
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2-11-2015 05:03:32pm CST NASA SpaceX Falcon9 launch of DSCOVR satellite... Deep Space Climate Observatory
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2-11-2015 05:03:32pm CST NASA SpaceX Falcon9 launch of DSCOVR satellite... Deep Space Climate Observatory
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2-11-2015 05:03:32pm CST NASA SpaceX Falcon9 launch of DSCOVR satellite... Deep Space Climate Observatory
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2-11-2015 05:03:32pm CST NASA SpaceX Falcon9 launch of DSCOVR satellite... Deep Space Climate Observatory -- 3rd stage engine just before cutoff, nozzle glowing red from heat