File

SMC Receives Northrop Grumman Vela Satellite Model (6639910).jpeg

From Spacefaring

Original file (5,317 × 3,889 pixels, file size: 3.66 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects. The description on its file description page there is shown below.

Summary

Description
English: Two Guardians reveal a full-scale Vela satellite model, presented by representatives from Northrop Grumman to the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, May 4, 2021. Originated in 1960, Vela was the first space-based system used for nuclear surveillance. Today, the mission of monitoring nuclear detonations continues with payloads hosted on GPS satellites. (U.S. Space Force photo by Van Ha)
Date Taken on 4 May 2021
Source

This image was released by the United States Space Force with the ID 210504-X-DC888-0038 (next).
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

العربية ∙ বাংলা ∙ Bahaso Jambi ∙ Deutsch ∙ Deutsch (Sie-Form) ∙ English ∙ español ∙ euskara ∙ فارسی ∙ français ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Plattdüütsch ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ پښتو ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ slovenščina ∙ svenska ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−

Author U.S. Space Force photo by Van Ha
Location
InfoField
El Segundo, California, United States
VIRIN
InfoField

This image was released by the United States Space Force with the ID 210504-X-DC888-0038 (next).
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

العربية ∙ বাংলা ∙ Bahaso Jambi ∙ Deutsch ∙ Deutsch (Sie-Form) ∙ English ∙ español ∙ euskara ∙ فارسی ∙ français ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Plattdüütsch ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ پښتو ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ slovenščina ∙ svenska ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−

Search DVIDs
Posted
InfoField
11 May 2021, 17:22:31

Licensing

Public domain This file is a work of a United States Space Force member or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the file is in the public domain in the United States.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

exposure time

0.0125 second

focal length

32 millimetre

media type

image/jpeg

VIRIN

210504-X-DC888-0038

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current22:06, 9 August 2022Thumbnail for version as of 22:06, 9 August 20225,317 × 3,889 (3.66 MB)wikimediacommons>OptimusPrimeBot#Spacemedia - Upload of https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/photos/2105/6639910.jpg via Commons:Spacemedia

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitise it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://spacefaring.info/File:SMC_Receives_Northrop_Grumman_Vela_Satellite_Model_(6639910).jpeg"