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Heron&Fox Photo<p>A <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photograph</span></a> of a United Launch Alliance <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ULA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ULA</span></a> <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>, in its 401 configuration, ascending into the blue <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Florida</span></a> sky.<br />This Atlas V, with its 4 meter fairing, no solid rocket boosters, and a single <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RL10" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RL10</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/engine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>engine</span></a> on this <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Centaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Centaur</span></a> upper stage, is carrying a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Quasar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/comsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>comsat</span></a> for the National Reconnaissance Office <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NRO</span></a>. Quasar is believed to be the name for a network of communication <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>satellites</span></a> that allow the NRO to maintain constant contact with its <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/spysats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spysats</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/downlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>downlink</span></a> data and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uplink" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>uplink</span></a> tasks continuously.<br />The system has satellites in both <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/geostationary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geostationary</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Molniya" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Molniya</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/orbits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>orbits</span></a>.<br /><a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-nrol-climbs-into-florida-sky-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-nrol-climbs-into-florida-sky-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>
Heron&Fox Photo<p>A <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photograph</span></a> of a United Launch Alliance <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ULA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ULA</span></a> <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> in its 431 configuration, with a 4 meter diameter fairing, 3 solid rocket boosters <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SRBs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SRBs</span></a>, and a single <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RL10" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RL10</span></a> engine on its <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Centaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Centaur</span></a> upper stage climbs up from its <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/launch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>launch</span></a> pad.<br />This <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photo</span></a> was taken from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PlayalindaBeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PlayalindaBeach</span></a> in the Cape Canaveral National Seashore <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CCNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CCNS</span></a>, where a mile’s hike on the beach can bring you directly against the decrepit wire fence that marks the boundary between the parts of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MerrittIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MerrittIsland</span></a> open to the public, and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NASA</span></a>’s Kennedy Space Center’s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KSC</span></a> operational area.<br />The perspective in this image makes one of those fraying wires seem like an obstacle to the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a> approaching from below.<br /><a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-echostar-xix-climbs-towards-wire-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-climbs-towards-wire-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>
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