Atlas V - Lucy

Posted by
Per (Central Florida, United States) on 19 October 2021 in Documentary & Street and Portfolio.

A ULA Atlas V rocket launched the Lucy mission on October 16, 2021

Stats for the launch:
671st launch for Atlas program since 1957
372nd Atlas launch from Cape Canaveral
260th mission of a Centaur upper stage
237th use of Centaur by an Atlas rocket
506th production RL10 engine to be launched
36th RL10C-1 engine launched
95th flight of an RD-180 main engine
89th launch of an Atlas 5 since 2002
25th Atlas 5 launch for NASA
73rd launch of an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral
3rd Atlas 5 launch of 2021
131st Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle flight
146th United Launch Alliance flight overall
81st Atlas 5 under United Launch Alliance
104th United Launch Alliance flight from Cape Canaveral
56th 400-series flight of the Atlas 5
40th Atlas 5 to fly in the 401 configuration
100th launch from Complex 41
73rd Atlas 5 to use Complex 41
24th orbital launch overall from Cape Canaveral in 2020

I live on the Space Coast of Florida and enjoy making photographs of things that, for whatever reason, interest me. You'll notice that a lot of my photography is "space" related (goes with the day job), but I photograph just about anything.

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