What are these towers on our launch pads for? 🤔
These are called lightning towers and they intercept lightning strikes steering them away from the rocket, spacecraft and sensitive equipment, preventing damage or fire.
These towers are made of metal and are taller than the rocket. Lightning takes the easiest path to the ground so it will travel through the towers and not through the rocket.
📹 European Space Agency (ESA)
📸 ESA/CNES/Arianespace
#ESA #Rocket #Space
Gracias Gracias 😊👍
How does the lightning know metal towers are the easier path towards the ground?
Do they have former experience in reaching the ground?
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I love ur museum called la chite di el espace in french and thanks to the museum i shopped a discovery rocket🎉🎉🎉
That's pretty damn cool, you guys really do have all the pre launch safety precautions figured out.🔥
Those are also connected in between via cables and are usually also equipped with electrically charged "probes" to draw lightnings to them (lightning catcher system)