3/4/10 ~ 6:57pm
Homepage Launch Photos
A Delta 4 rocket, 21 stories tall and packing 1.1 million pounds of thrust, launched the GOES-P weather satellite for NASA & NOAA on March 4 at 6:57pm EST, 33 minutes after sunset. Above, a multiple-exposure captures the launch in time-lapse and the smoke trail lit by the afterglow of sunset at high altitude. The gap is the space between the pictures.
GOES-P being prepared for launch Delta 4 on launch morning
The sun goes down as Delta 4 awaits on Pad 37:
