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Rocket Preps

The Missile Defense Agency and Space Development Agency prepare to launch six satellites to low-Earth orbit on Feb. 14. The satellites will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space utilizing SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. This includes two satellites for MDA’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) and the final four SDA Tranche 0 (T0) Tracking Layer satellites of its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).

PHOTO BY: Courtesy SpaceX
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CAMERA

NIKON D780

LENS

17-35mm f/2.8D

APERTURE

8

SHUTTERSPEED

1/400

ISO

800

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