Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Starlink 10/SkySats 19-21

2020/08/19 by terranovabay

Water vapor condenses around a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the shockwave produced by breaking the sound barrier as the rocket launches the eleventh Starlink mission on 18 August 2020 at 10:31 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket boosted 58 Starlink satellites and three Earth observation Skysats (19-21) for Planet. This is the sixth flight for this particular Falcon 9 first stage – a milestone achievement in reusability. Click for more […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, SkySat, SLC 40, SpaceX, Starlink

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ANASIS-2

2020/07/25 by terranovabay

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Army/Navy/Air Force Satellite Information System (ANASIS)-II satellite for the South Korean Agency for Defense Development to be used as a communications satellite by the South Korean armed forces. Formerly known as KMilSatCom 1, the satellite lifted off at 5:30 p.m. on 20 July 2020 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Click for more info and photos of the ANASIS-2 launch.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: ANASIS-2, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, KMilSatCom 1, South Korea, South Korean Agency for Defense Development, SpaceX

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GPS III SV03

2020/07/04 by terranovabay

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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Tracking Station

2020/06/15 by terranovabay

Here are some old photos, minus the historic black and white image, I had taken of a decommissioned U.S. Air Force tracking station that used to be along US-1 opposite Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Most likely the station dates back to the early days of the Eastern Test Range of the late 1950s and was used to track the early rocket and missile launches. The station has since been torn down. An online search failed […]

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Brevard County, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, tracking station, U.S. Air Force, US-1, USAF

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Starlink 8 Launch Time Lapse

2020/06/14 by terranovabay

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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Starlink 8

2020/06/13 by terranovabay

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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Starlink 7

2020/06/07 by terranovabay

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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USSF-7

2020/05/17 by terranovabay

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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USSF-7 Weather Scrub

2020/05/16 by terranovabay

Seemingly endless stormy weather from a developing tropical storm kept the USSF-7 mission grounded for at least another day at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday, 16 May 2020. The rain was so severe at times that the launch pad with its Atlas V rocket was lost to view at times.

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Space Force, ULA, United Launch, USSF-7, X-37B

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AEHF-6

2020/03/29 by terranovabay

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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Range Tracking

Photography by Bob Montanaro

Tag: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Starlink 10/SkySats 19-21

ANASIS-2

GPS III SV03

Tracking Station

Starlink 8 Launch Time Lapse

Starlink 8

Starlink 7

USSF-7

USSF-7 Weather Scrub

AEHF-6