{"id":942,"date":"2011-01-20T15:26:51","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T23:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=942"},"modified":"2011-04-18T16:48:30","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T23:48:30","slug":"rocket-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/2011\/01\/20\/rocket-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Rocket Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s launch of a huge <a title=\"Delta IV Rocket\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delta_IV_Heavy\" target=\"_blank\">Delta IV Heavy<\/a> lifted an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nro.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">NRO<\/a> reconnaissance satellite into orbit. (Mission NRO-49). This was probably the largest rocket ever to launch from California so far. Here&#8217;s a picture I took from my window:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_943\" style=\"width: 399px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_4671.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-943\" class=\"size-full wp-image-943\" title=\"IMG_4671\" src=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_4671.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_4671.jpg 389w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_4671-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plume of Delta IV Heavy as seen from my window. Photo: Reinhard Kargl<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"apf_post_footer\">\n<h4>Related Articles:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3449\">A Space Poster With Mysterious Origins<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3428\">Did Rocket Pioneer Robert Goddard Ever Work On Mount Wilson?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3340\">RIP James Arthur Lovell Jr. (March 25, 1928 \u2013 August 7, 2025)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3307\">The Moon Voyagers<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3208\">Size Comparison<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s launch of a huge Delta IV Heavy lifted an NRO reconnaissance satellite into orbit. (Mission NRO-49). This was probably the largest rocket ever to launch from California so far. Here&#8217;s a picture I took from my window: Related Articles: Did Rocket Pioneer Robert Goddard Ever Work On Mount Wilson? Size Comparison Apple Music Classical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,6,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","category-english","category-spaceflight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1203,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions\/1203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}