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KSC-2009-1003

NASA / KSC · 2009-01-02 · photograph (digital archive)

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane completes construction of one of the towers in the new lightning protection system for the Constellation Program and Ares/Orion launches. Each of the three new lightning towers will be 500 feet tall with an additional 100-foot fiberglass mast atop supporting a wire catenary system. This improved lightning protection system allows for the taller height of the Ares I rocket compared to the space shuttle.

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Ares I-X, lightning, towers, 39B

Credit lineKSC-2009-1003. NASA/KSC, 2009-01-02. Public domain. ID: KSC-2009-1003.

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