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On 30 June 2020 at 4:10 p.m., a SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully lifted off, carrying the U.S. Space Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) III Space Vehicle 03 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Click for more photos and info on the launch.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, Global Positioning System, GPS III SV03, SLC 40, Space Force, SpaceX
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A time lapse video of the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket launching 58 Starlink satellites and 3 satellites for another company through a ride share program at 5:21 a.m. on 13 June 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Annoyingly, the tripod shifted in the soft beach sand without being noticed resulting in a lopsided horizon. Watch for the second stage going all the way down to the horizon as it arcs into orbit while the first stage can […]
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, OCISLY, Of Course I Still Love You, SpaceX, Starlink, Video
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SpaceX conducts the ninth launch of Starlink satellites, this time lofting 58 Starlink satellites plus three of Planet’s Skysats into orbit for SpaceX’s new SmallSat Rideshare Program. The launch occurred from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:21 a.m. on 13 June 2020. The time exposure shows the arc of the trajectory all the way down to the horizon. The divergent path of the Falcon 9’s first stage can be seen as it maneuvers to […]
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, droneship, Falcon 9, Of Course I Still Love You, SpaceX, Starlink, Starlink 8
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Storm clouds along the Indian River Lagoon obscure the launch of the Starlink 7 mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The brief yellow fire of the rocket going upward was seen only briefly before being lost in the clouds on 3 June 2020 at 9:22pm. Click to view more rocket launch photography.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, SpaceX, Starlink 7
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I missed the historic return of crewed spaceflight to the United States achieved by NASA and SpaceX with the DM-2 mission carrying two astronauts to the International Space Station. Deterred by the bad weather forecast and a bit of laziness brought on by the weekend, I decided to stay close to home in the chance of the launch being postponed but leaving open the option of getting some long distance shots. Sadly, neither came to pass as the rocket lifted […]
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Crew Dragon, DM-2, International Space Station, NASA, SpaceX
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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 501 rocket launched the United States Space Force-7 (USSF-7) mission carrying the sixth flight of an X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, OTV-6, a space plane similar to the Space Shuttle but much smaller that can land on a runway. Liftoff occurred from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 9:14 a.m. on 17 May 2020. Of note, thick fog obscured the launch to the point where it was almost not visible. […]
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, SLC 41, Space Force, Space Launch Complex 41, ULA, United Launch Alliance, USSF-7, X-37B
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried out the seventh launch of Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 3:30 p.m. on 22 April 2020. Click for more information and to view the launch gallery.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A, SpaceX, Starlink
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A hot and hazy day made for murky launch photos as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carried into orbit the first mission for the U.S. Space Force on 26 March 2020 at 4:18 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The sixth launch of an Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite went off without a hitch after a slight delay and as the rocket climbed higher above the hazy ground into clearer air the view became much better […]
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Advanced Extremely High Frequency, AEHF-6, Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ULA, United Launch Alliance
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Video from an untended camera left to run on its own while I took still photographs of the launch of the sixth group of Starlink satellites. Click to view the Starlink 5 still image gallery.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Falcon 9, SpaceX, Starlink, Video
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Vapor condenses momentarily around the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it goes supersonic creating an interesting light show as the rising Sun catches the flight of the sixth launch of Starlink satellites on 18 March 2020. Click to view more photos and a video of the launch.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A, SpaceX, Starlink
