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AEHF-4

2018/10/17 by terranovabay

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) 4 communications satellite for the U.S. Air Force on 17 October 2018 at 12:15 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as seen here in a time exposure looking north over the Indian River Lagoon. Click to view my AEHF-4 launch gallery.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Advanced Extremely High Frequency, AEHF-4, Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Indian River Lagoon, SLC 41, Space Launch Complex 41, U.S. Air Force, ULA, United Launch Alliance

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Telstar 18 booster returns to Port Canaveral

2018/09/17 by terranovabay

The SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage used for the Telstar 18 Vantage communications satellite launch returns to Port Canaveral on 12 September 2018 aboard the Of Course I Still Love You droneship that the booster landed on about eight minutes after launch a few hundred miles out in the Atlantic Ocean. Click to view a gallery of my Telstar 18 Vantage launch & booster recovery photos.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, droneship, Falcon 9, OCISLY, Of Course I Still Love You, Port Canaveral, SpaceX, Telstar 18 VANTAGE

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Lightning around the launch pad

2018/09/16 by terranovabay

Lightning and rain around Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station delayed the launch of the Telstar 18 Vantage communications satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for over an hour until the weather cleared allowing for lift off at 12:45AM on 10 September 2018. Click to view a gallery of my Telstar 18 Vantage launch & booster recovery photos.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, Launch Complex 40, LC 40, lightning, SpaceX, Telstar 18 VANTAGE

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Telstar 18 VANTAGE

2018/09/15 by terranovabay

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 12:45 a.m. on 10 September 2018. Following stage separation, the Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Click to view my Telstar 18V gallery of launch & booster return photographs.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, droneship, Falcon 9, Of Course I Still Love You, SpaceX, Telstar 18 VANTAGE

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Into The Stars

2018/08/26 by terranovabay

An experimental image worked up from the launch of the Merah Putih communications satellite aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 1:18 a.m. on 7 August 2018 shows the trajectory of the rocket in its flight but, also, making the stars more visible.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, Indonesia, Merah Putih, PT Telkom, SpaceX, time exposure

Parker Solar Probe Extra

2018/08/19 by terranovabay

Another image from my Parker Solar Probe launch gallery.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Delta IV Heavy, NASA, Parker Solar Probe, SLC 37, Space Launch Complex 37, Sun, ULA, United Launch Alliance

Rocket to the Sun

2018/08/18 by terranovabay

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launched NASA’s Parker Solar Probe on 12 August 2018 at 3:31 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Parker Solar Probe is humanity’s first mission to the sun. After launch, it will orbit directly through the solar atmosphere – the corona – closer to the surface than any human-made object has ever gone. While facing brutal heat and radiation, the mission will reveal fundamental science behind what […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Delta IV Heavy, NASA, Parker Solar Probe, SLC 37, Space Launch Complex 37, Sun, ULA, United Launch Alliance

Little Blue Booster Bird

2018/08/16 by terranovabay

A Little Blue Heron crosses in front of the returning SpaceX droneship Of Course I Still Love You carrying the first stage booster for the Merah Putih satellite launch as they entered Port Canaveral. Click for more photos.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Bangabandhu Satellite-1, droneship, Falcon 9, Merah Putih, OCISLY, Of Course I Still Love You, Port Canaveral, SpaceX

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Merah Putih booster returns to Port Canaveral

2018/08/15 by terranovabay

The SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 first stage booster used to launch the Merah Putih communications satellite into orbit returned to Port Canaveral for the second time aboard the Of Course I Still Love You droneship late in the afternoon of 9 August 2018. This was the second flight for this particular booster. It first flew back in May 2018 to launch Bangabandhu Satellite-1 into orbit. Click to view more photos of the Merah Putih booster return.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Bangabandhu Satellite-1, droneship, Falcon 9, Merah Putih, OCISLY, Of Course I Still Love You, Port Canaveral, SpaceX

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No Go for Parker Solar Probe

2018/08/11 by terranovabay

Technical problems plagued the 11 August 2018 liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket poised to send NASA’s Parker Solar Probe towards its rendezvous with the Sun from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launch attempts at 3:53 a.m. and 4:28 a.m. both ran into snags that could not be fixed before the launch window closed at 4:38 a.m. on a rather dewy morning scrubbing the launch for the day. The launch team […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Delta IV Heavy, Launch Complex 37, NASA, Parker Solar Probe, Sun, ULA, United Launch Alliance

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Photography by Bob Montanaro

Category Archives: Rocket Launch

AEHF-4

Telstar 18 booster returns to Port Canaveral

Lightning around the launch pad

Telstar 18 VANTAGE

Into The Stars

Parker Solar Probe Extra

Rocket to the Sun

Little Blue Booster Bird

Merah Putih booster returns to Port Canaveral

No Go for Parker Solar Probe

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