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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
by terranovabay
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
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Abort! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket remains on Launch Complex-39A engulfed in its engine exhaust after an unsuccessful attempt to launch the 6th group of Starlink satellites into orbit at 9:22 a.m. on 15 March 2020.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Abort, Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A, LC-39A, SpaceX, Starlink, Starlink 6
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SpaceX launched its twentieth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-20) to the International Space Station (ISS) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 11:50 p.m. on 6 March 2020. This time exposure shows the rocket launch at left and the first stage’s entry burn, upper right, and landing at Landing Zone-1. Click for more information and the CRS-20 photo gallery.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, CRS-20, Dragon, Exploration Tower, Falcon 9, International Space Station, ISS, Landing Zone 1, LZ-1, NASA, Port Canaveral, SLC 40, Space Launch Complex 40, SpaceX
by terranovabay
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the fifth group of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit on 17 February 2020 at 10:05 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This is the fourth flight of this particular Falcon 9’s first stage. Unfortunately, it missed the landing on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship in the Atlantic and ended up in the water. Additionally, what look like smudges in the image are actually flocks of […]
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, droneship, Of Course I Still Love You, SLC 40, Space Launch Complex 40, SpaceX, Starlink, Starlink 4
by terranovabay
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink 3 mission on 29 January 2020 at 9:06 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Click to view the launch gallery.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, SLC 40, SpaceX, Starlink 3
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SpaceX performed the Crew Dragon Launch Escape Demonstration – without any astronauts onboard – on 19 January 2020 launching on a Falcon 9 rocket at 10:30 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. This test demonstrated Crew Dragon’s ability to carry crew to safety in the event of an emergency on ascent. This test of Crew Dragon’s launch escape capabilities is designed to provide data toward NASA certifying the spacecraft to begin carrying astronauts to and from the […]
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Crew Dragon, Crew Dragon Launch Escape Demonstration, Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, launch abort, SpaceX
by terranovabay
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the third group of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 9:19 p.m. on 6 January 2020. Click to view the full launch gallery.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, SLC 40, SpaceX, Starlink
by terranovabay
I have waited several years to get a time exposure from the observation deck atop Exploration Tower overlooking Port Canaveral of a rocket streaking into space. My previous attempts, halfhearted at best, were derailed by rain scrubbing the launch or problems with the gear. But it is not all joy. Crystal clear skies in the hours leading up to the launch gave way to unexpectedly cloudy skies right at launch time. I look forward to trying it again in the […]
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Exploration Tower, Falcon 9, JCSAT-18, Kacific1, Port Canaveral, SpaceX
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SpaceX launched its nineteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-19) for NASA to the International Space Station on 5 December 2019 at 12:29 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Click to view the launch gallery and to see a video of birds disturbed by the launch.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, CRS-19, Falcon 9, International Space Station, NASA, SpaceX
