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    After Boosting Launch Capacity, White Sands Naval Detachment Blasts Off 3 Rockets to Study Solar Eclipse [Image 1 of 3]

    After Boosting Launch Capacity, White Sands Naval Detachment Blasts Off 3 Rockets to Study Solar Eclipse

    WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NM, UNITED STATES

    10.12.2023

    Photo by Judy Hawkins 

    Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division

    Three sounding rockets (left, center and far right) point skyward on launch rails two days before the Oct. 14 annular solar eclipse at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s White Sands Detachment launched the three rockets for NASA and academic researchers to collect data on how eclipses impact Earth’s upper atmosphere. (U.S. Army photo by Judy Hawkins/Released)

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 10.12.2023
    Date Posted: 12.11.2023 16:05
    Photo ID: 8159819
    VIRIN: 231012-A-IZ122-1175
    Resolution: 5568x3712
    Size: 4.03 MB
    Location: WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NM, US

    Web Views: 46
    Downloads: 7

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