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AFRL celebrates launch of small-sat Ascent to GEO space

Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate engineers celebrate the liftoff of the lab’s Ascent spacecraft and four other flight experiments launched Dec. 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida as part of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program-3 mission, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. (U.S. Air Force photo/Allen Winston)

PHOTO BY: U.S. Air Force photo/Allen Winston
VIRIN: 211201-F-LL930-1001.JPG
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NIKON D5

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14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8

APERTURE

5

SHUTTERSPEED

1/125

ISO

250

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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AFRL celebrates launch of small-sat Ascent to GEO space

Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate engineers celebrate the liftoff of the lab’s Ascent spacecraft and four other flight experiments launched Dec. 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida as part of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program-3 mission, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. (U.S. Air Force photo/Allen Winston)

PHOTO BY: U.S. Air Force photo/Allen Winston
VIRIN: 211201-F-LL930-1001.JPG
FULL SIZE: 1.8 MB
Additional Details

CAMERA

NIKON D5

LENS

14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8

APERTURE

5

SHUTTERSPEED

1/125

ISO

250

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

Read More

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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