The photographer, Ben Cooper, won the 2008 Aviation Week & Space Technology Photo Contest in the space category for this photo of of the Delta 4 heavy/DSP-23 launch.
The payload, a missile early warning system, failed about a year later though.
The photographer, Ben Cooper, won the 2008 Aviation Week & Space Technology Photo Contest in the space category for this photo of of the Delta 4 heavy/DSP-23 launch.
The payload, a missile early warning system, failed about a year later though.