Wired4Space Video: TDRS-K—Fire & Light

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Video courtesy of Wired4Space

The sound and fury of launch is captured in this video produced by AmericaSpace partner Wired4Space. This video was shot atop the massive Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), located at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Jan. 30, 2013. The launch vehicle in question is the venerable United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket, and the payload was NASA’s TDRS-K satellite. Liftoff occurred right on time, at 8:48 p.m. EST.

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