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Military satellite launch caused a "Rainbow" at night

Los Angeles, USA - The military satellite was launched from California Vandenberg Base

Particular atmospheric conditions and the rocket’s features, produced by recycled parts from the Minuteman II intercontinental missile, enabled the launch of a military satellite, by a Minotaur rocket from Californian Vandenberg Air Force Base, to generate a real shining "Rainbow" in the sky over the US state. Thousands people, from Los Angeles to Arizona, could watch, last night, the strange show. T...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 127543
Rome, Italy, 09/23/2005 19:41
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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