SpaceX Falcon 9, OneWeb , January 10, 2023

Smog on the water, and a fire in the sky…

On a cool night with fog and a slight scent of nearby prescribed forest burns mixed together into a thin layer of smog on many Space Coast waterways, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ten minutes before midnight on January 10th, 2023.

The commercial payload launch carried forty satellites for OneWeb for their commercial Internet service, nudging the company’s network closer to full operational capability. Eight minutes later, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster returned to Cape Canaveral for landing a few miles away from the launch site.

Falcon 9's "long tail" flame plume close to main engine cutoff on January 10, 2023
Falcon 9’s “long tail” flame plume close to main engine cutoff on January 10, 2023
Liftoff of SpaceX Falcon 9 Carrying 40 OneWeb satellites on January 10, 2023

Photos were taken from Kennedy Point Park on the Banana River in Titusville. This site is freely open to the public for launch viewing.

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Charles Boyer

I'm a NASA kid originally from Cocoa Beach, FL, born of Project Apollo. My family worked for NASA and/or their contractors, and I watched it all as a kid. And what kid doesn't like rockets? Currently, I am an IT engineer, a recovered R&D scientist that spent time in laser metrology, fiber optic applications and also lightning protection. I'm also a photographer, a writer and a bad musician. My favorite things are space, boating, sports, music and traveling. You can find me on Twitter as @TheOldManPar.

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