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Heron&Fox Photo<p>The modern <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AtlasV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AtlasV</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a>, designed by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LockheedMarting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LockheedMarting</span></a> and operated by the United Launch Alliance or <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ULA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ULA</span></a>, has been called the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DialARocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DialARocket</span></a> for its ability to add capacity by adding solid rocket boosters like increasing steps on a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dial</span></a>.<br />The next-to-last stop on the “Dial” is the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Atlas</span></a> V 541, with a 5 meter fairing, 4 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SRBs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SRBs</span></a>, and 1 engine on the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Centaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Centaur</span></a> upper stage.<br /><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NASA</span></a>’s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mars</span></a> Science Laboratory <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Rover" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rover</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Curiosity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Curiosity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/launched" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>launched</span></a> on a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ULA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ULA</span></a> Atlas V 541.<br />This <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photograph</span></a> shows it leaping into the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/clouds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>clouds</span></a>.<br /><a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/1-atlas-v-with-msl-enters-the-clouds-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/1</span><span class="invisible">-atlas-v-with-msl-enters-the-clouds-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>
Heron&Fox Photo<p>The modern <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AtlasV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AtlasV</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a>, designed by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LockheedMarting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LockheedMarting</span></a> and operated by the United Launch Alliance or <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ULA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ULA</span></a>, has been called the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DialARocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DialARocket</span></a> for its ability to add capacity by adding solid rocket boosters like increasing steps on a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dial</span></a>.<br />The “Dial” next goes up to 3 with the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Atlas</span></a> V 431, with a 4 meter fairing, 3 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SRBs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SRBs</span></a>, and 1 engine on the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Centaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Centaur</span></a> upper stage.<br />The private <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/comsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>comsat</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EchostarXIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EchostarXIX</span></a> launched to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/geostationary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geostationary</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/orbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>orbit</span></a> on a ULA Atlas V 431.<br />This <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photograph</span></a> shows it rising over the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dune" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dune</span></a> at <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PlayalindaBeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PlayalindaBeach</span></a>.<br /><a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-echostar-xix-2-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a</span><span class="invisible">tlas-v-with-echostar-xix-2-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>
Heron&Fox Photo<p>The modern <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AtlasV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AtlasV</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a>, designed by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LockheedMarting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LockheedMarting</span></a> and operated by the United Launch Alliance or <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ULA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ULA</span></a>, has been called the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DialARocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DialARocket</span></a> for its ability to add capacity by adding solid rocket boosters like increasing steps on a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dial</span></a>.<br />Unfortunately, Fox (the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photographer</span></a>) hasn’t covered any <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/launches" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>launches</span></a> of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Atlas</span></a> V 421 variant with only 2 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SRB</span></a>’s.<br />But instead, please view this <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photograph</span></a> of the Atlas V Mobile Launch Platform <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MLP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MLP</span></a> and 2 of the 4 SRBs on the rocket that launched <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Curiosity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Curiosity</span></a> with <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>humans</span></a> for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/scale" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scale</span></a> as they secure the MLP and disconnect the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/locomotives" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>locomotives</span></a> that moved it from the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VIF</span></a>.<br /><a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/time-to-lean-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/t</span><span class="invisible">ime-to-lean-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>
Heron&Fox Photo<p>The modern <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AtlasV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AtlasV</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a>, designed by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LockheedMarting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LockheedMarting</span></a> and operated by the United Launch Alliance or <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ULA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ULA</span></a>, has been called the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DialARocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DialARocket</span></a> for its ability to add capacity by adding solid rocket boosters like increasing steps on a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dial</span></a>.<br />Unfortunately, Fox (the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photographer</span></a>) hasn’t covered any <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/launches" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>launches</span></a> of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Atlas</span></a> V 411 variant with only 1 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SRB</span></a>.<br />Instead, please view this <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photograph</span></a> of the Atlas V 401 being transported to its <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/launchpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>launchpad</span></a> on its Mobile Launch Platform <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MLP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MLP</span></a>.<br />This is the Atlas that launched <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NASA</span></a>’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RBSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RBSP</span></a>, renamed to the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VanAllen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VanAllen</span></a> Probes once in orbit, they study the Earth’s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/magnetosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>magnetosphere</span></a>.<br /><a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-401-with-rbsp-on-the-move-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a</span><span class="invisible">tlas-v-401-with-rbsp-on-the-move-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>
Heron&Fox Photo<p>The modern <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AtlasV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AtlasV</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a>, designed by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LockheedMarting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LockheedMarting</span></a> and operated by the United Launch Alliance or <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ULA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ULA</span></a>, has been called the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DialARocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DialARocket</span></a> for its ability to add capacity by adding solid rocket boosters like increasing steps on a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dial</span></a>.<br />The “Dial” starts at 0 with the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Atlas</span></a> V 401, with a 4 meter fairing, 0 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SRBs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SRBs</span></a>, and 1 engine on the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Centaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Centaur</span></a> upper stage. This version is said to take an extremely long time to clear the pad.<br />The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DOD</span></a>’s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GPS</span></a> position finding system launched several of its Block IIF <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>satellites</span></a> on ULA Atlas V 401’s, as in this <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photograph</span></a> where the rocket lingers over the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/launch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>launch</span></a> pad.<br /><a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-401-with-gps-iif-rises-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a</span><span class="invisible">tlas-v-401-with-gps-iif-rises-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>