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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A 65-foot, 72,000-pound booster rocket mockup exits the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster III July 26. The airdrop was the final test in Phase 2B of the Falcon Small Launch Vehicle program, a joint venture between the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency and the Air Force to develop a more flexible, low-cost method of launching a satellite into low earth orbit. The mockup is the longest and heaviest single object ever dropped from a C-17. (Air Force photo by Steve Zapka)

PHOTO BY: Steve Zapka
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A 65-foot, 72,000-pound booster rocket mockup exits the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster III July 26. The airdrop was the final test in Phase 2B of the Falcon Small Launch Vehicle program, a joint venture between the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency and the Air Force to develop a more flexible, low-cost method of launching a satellite into low earth orbit. The mockup is the longest and heaviest single object ever dropped from a C-17. (Air Force photo by Steve Zapka)

PHOTO BY: Steve Zapka
VIRIN: 060804-F-2383G-002.JPG
FULL SIZE: 0.54 MB
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IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.

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