NASA Minotaur I Rocket Blasts Off From Virginia With Record Payload

The Minotaur rocket launched the Air Force's Operationally Responsive Space Office's ORS-3 mission, carrying a record 29 satellites in space, according to NASA.

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by Michael Rusch

BuzzFeed News Reporter

Posted on November 20, 2013, 2:16 am

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Images of the launch as seen by people on the U.S. East Coast.

marchetti
@marchetti
Minotaur launch from Wallops Island viewed from the lake
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Matt Robinson
@metroscenes
The #Minotaur rocket launch seen from #Raleigh
http://t.co/qaxkffjB1Z
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Louis Suarato
@LouisS
Tonight's Minotaur Rocket launch seen from Albany, NY
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Greg
@Greg_NJ
3 stacked 40 sec images of #Minotaur rocket launch. Bay Head beach, NJ
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ByTheBayPhotos
@ByTheBayPhotos
#Minotaur 1 #Rocket over #Pasadena. Awesome to watch! #AnneArundel
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Ken Lacovara
@kenlacovara
Minotaur I rocket launch from Wallops Island tonight from our front yard. @NASA_Wallops
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Greg
@Greg_NJ
rocket!
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Jeff Schultz
@JeffDSchultz
PHOTO: #Minotaur rocket launch over NYC Central Park Reservoir, missing a few seconds here and there
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Christopher R. Main
@calandryll
Minotaur 1, from Millsboro, DE. @NASA_Wallops
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CampusWeatherService
@PSUWeather
Tonight's record-breaking Minotaur launch as seen from Happy Valley. @LunarLionPSU
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Graham Marsden
@grahambot
The @NASA_Wallops Minotaur 1, seen from Reston, VA, incl. the #TJ3Sat built by a local high school. @capitalweather
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Tony Hoffman
@TonyJHoffman
A #NASA #Minotaur rocket arcs above Forest Hills, NY moments after launch.
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PJ
@pjstor
Tonight's #Minotaur rocket launch from the Jersey Shore @NASA_Wallops
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Michael Rusch
BuzzFeed News Reporter