Range Tracking

Atlas V launches TDRS-M

2017/08/20 by terranovabay

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket launched the Tracking Data and Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M) into a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 8:29 a.m on 18 August 2017. NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) is a space-based communication system used to provide tracking, telemetry, command and high-bandwidth data return services. The TDRSS, also referred to as the NASA Space Network, consists of satellites in geosynchronous stationary orbits and […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, NASA, SLC 41, Space Launch Complex 41, TDRS-M, Tracking Data and Relay Satellite, United Launch Alliance

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Falcon 9 launches CRS-12

2017/08/17 by terranovabay

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched a Dragon spacecraft to low-Earth orbit to deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station for NASA from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 12:31 p.m. on 14 August 2017. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida approximately eight minutes after launch. The image shows the first stage falling just prior to commencing the landing burn to place […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, CRS-12, Dragon spacecraft, Falcon 9, International Space Station, ISS, Kennedy Space Center, Landing Zone 1, LZ-1, NASA, SpaceX

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Ave Orion

2017/08/12 by terranovabay

Living in Florida, there sometimes appears to be only two seasons. One hot, and one not-so-hot. Sadly, the not-so-hot season, which normal people in other places call winter, is all too short. Great masses of cold air fighting their way southward down from the Arctic usually peter out before they can cross the state line, let alone making it halfway down the peninsula to cool all the hotheads clinging desperately to the paradise fantasy. As I am constantly looking up […]

Categories: Astrophotography • Tags: constellation, Florida, Orion, winter

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Theater District

2017/07/29 by terranovabay

Theater District | New York City From a trip to New York City in the winter time. The lighted theater marquees, the bundled-up crowds, and the passing taxis say it all.

Categories: Night Gallery • Tags: New York City, Theater District

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Castle Industrial: Approach With Caution

2017/07/16 by terranovabay

Castle Industrial: Approach With Caution | redundant cement plant | Indian River County, Florida An eerie, industrial leftover along the railroad tracks. Quite immaculate in its retirement, like it is waiting for another chance at life.

Categories: Night Gallery • Tags: cement plant, Florida, Indian River County, industrial

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Intelsat 35e heads toward orbit

2017/07/07 by terranovabay

Intelsat 35e gets a boost to orbit from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:38 p.m. from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The commercial communications satellite is seen here streaking to orbit in a time exposure. Click to view the rest of the launch photos.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Falcon 9 rocket, Intelsat 35e, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A, SpaceX, telecommunications satellite

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Astro Shrike

2017/06/27 by terranovabay

Photos of a Loggerhead Shrike seen at Kennedy Space Center on the day of the BulgariaSat-1 launch. Lanius ludovicianus monitoring the countdown.

Categories: Nature • Tags: BulgariaSat-1, Kennedy Space Center, Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike

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A satellite for Bulgaria

2017/06/24 by terranovabay

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches BulgariaSat-1, a commercial communications satellite, into orbit from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 3:10 p.m. on 23 June 2017. Click to view more images and a short video of the launch.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Bulgaria, BulgariaSat-1, droneship, Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A, LC-39A, OCISLY, Of Course I Still Love You, SpaceX

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Fuzzy Fritillary

2017/06/21 by terranovabay

Make them a little bigger and domesticate them and the Gulf Fritillary looks like it would make for a psychedelic furry pet. Note how the proboscis is rolled up and stored away as this Gulf Fritillary strikes a relaxed pose.

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Agraulis vanillae, Florida, Gulf Fritillary, Indian River County, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area