One of the 4 supposed existing FH side boosters seen 2 days ago:
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| Air Force test-launches Minuteman missile from California |
| 2017-02-10 |
| [Stripes] VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Air Force says an unarmed Minuteman 3 missile has been launched from California's central coast in the latest test of the intercontinental system. The missile blasted off at 11:39 p.m. PDT Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base northwest of Los Angeles. The Air Force says the missile carried test re-entry vehicles Mmmmmmmm-k. that headed for a target area 4,200 miles away to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Air Force routinely uses Vandenberg to test Minuteman missiles from bases around the country. |
| Posted by:Blossom Unains5562 |
| #9 Rick Pitino's launching his missile again? Who knew? |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-02-10 15:19 |
| #8 That one is serial number 1023-2. Here is another booster being tested. link |
| Posted by: 3dc 2017-02-10 14:52 |
| #7 Well, .... Musk is now claim May to launch his Falcon Heavy (bit bigger than the D-IV heavy) however Musk Time always seems to stretch out so "DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH". One of the 4 supposed existing FH side boosters seen 2 days ago: |
| Posted by: 3dc 2017-02-10 14:45 |
| #6 That was amazing to watch. Gravity's rainbow. It's a beautiful thing. Ya know, if I were Secretary of Stirring Sh1t Up, I'd very publicly fill those re-entry vehicles with Choco-Pies and light one off on a vector towards Pyongyang. Just because. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-02-10 14:19 |
| #5 According to Darth's link, the big Delta-IV Heavy is about one-fourth the weight of the ol' Saturn V of 50 years ago. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2017-02-10 13:49 |
| #4 They need to quit smacking Kwaj and try out, lets say, Pyonyang. Oops. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-02-10 13:29 |
| #3 The minutemen were fun to watch... until they used the Delta-IV heavy to put a geocentric polar orbit satellite up. That was amazing to watch. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-02-10 12:30 |
| #2 General #1 So hjow many do we have left? General #2 Enough |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2017-02-10 11:15 |
| #1 When the atmospheric conditions are right these missiles put on quite a show. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-02-10 11:00 |