Caption: A Delta II 7920-10 Iridium launch. The FUSE launch vehicle will use the same payload shroud but only have 3 solid boosters.
Caption: The launch of XTE, the X-ray Timing Explorer (since named the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, or RXTE).
Caption: A Delta II night launch from Cape Canaveral.
Delta II launch movies (courtesy of The Boeing Company):
(NOTE: Two formats are provided -- AVI works on most PC platforms and MOV (also known as Quicktime) which works on PCs, but also with `xanim' on most workstations.)Need more help getting movies and animations to work? Try Animation Help, brought to you by the NASA/JPL Stardust mission.
ACE launch from a camera mounted on
the Delta II looking aft (Download:
AVI file 2.7 mB,
MOV file 1.2 mB).
Burnout and separation of the 6 ground ignited solid boosters from
a camera on the Delta II looking aft (Download:
AVI file 2.0 mB,
MOV file 0.9 mB).
Burnout and separation of the 3 air ignited solid
boosters from a camera on the Delta II looking aft (Download:.
AVI file 3.1 mB,
MOV file 1.5 mB).
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