Starlink | Range Tracking

A bit charred

2020/09/06 by terranovabay

The SpaceX Falcon 9 booster that launched the Starlink 11 mission returned to Port Canaveral aboard the Of Course I Still Love You droneship looking a bit charred from its two trips to the edge of space and back. Launched on 3 September 2020, the booster made it back to Port early in the morning of 6 September 2020. Click to view more photos of the launch and recovery including a time-lapse video!

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: OCISLY, Of Course I Still Love You, Port Canaveral, SpaceX, Starlink

Starlink 11

2020/09/05 by terranovabay

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 60 Starlink satellites into orbit on the twelfth Starlink mission at 8:46 a.m. on 3 September 2020 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Click for more info and launch images of Starlink 11.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A, LC-39A, SpaceX, Starlink, Starlink 11

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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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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 V1.0-L6

2020/04/25 by terranovabay

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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Launch Traffic

2020/03/27 by terranovabay

The cars are bumper-to-bumper on the the Max Brewer Bridge going over the Indian River Lagoon in Titusville after the 15 March 2020 scrub of Starlink 5. It looks like a pain but actually the traffic was moving quite well and we were out of it in a few minutes.

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Max Brewer Bridge, Starlink, Titusville

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Starlink 5 Launch Video

2020/03/22 by terranovabay

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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Sixth launch of Starlink satellites

2020/03/21 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

Starlink-5 Abort

2020/03/15 by terranovabay

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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Range Tracking

Photography by Bob Montanaro

Tag: Starlink

A bit charred

Starlink 11

Starlink 10/SkySats 19-21

Starlink 8 Launch Time Lapse

Starlink 8

Starlink V1.0-L6

Launch Traffic

Starlink 5 Launch Video

Sixth launch of Starlink satellites

Starlink-5 Abort