Shortly before noon SpaceX lofted another batch of Starlink satellites to Earth-orbit today. The launch was from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX, Falcon 9, Starlink 5-5, 03/24/2023
SpaceX, Falcon 9, SES-18 and SES-19, 03/17/2023
SpaceX launched two satellites for SES tonight from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Static View of Liftoff of SpaceX Falcon 9, OneWeb 17 03-09-2023
This is what I see when I am photographing a rocket launch. This view is pretty much the same as the naked eye look. I was busy photographing stills, so the camera is static and doesn’t follow the rocket.
SpaceX, Falcon 9, OneWeb 17, 03/09/2023
SpaceX launched forty satellites for OneWeb, a global Internet connectivity firm. It was the 13th launch for Booster-1062, and the first time the venerable rocket stage returned to its launch site rather than landing at sea on one of SpaceX’s automated barges.
SpaceX, Falcon 9, Starlink 6-1, 02-27-2023
SpaceX launched 21 of its second-generation Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 on February 27, 2023.
SpaceX Falcon 9, Inmarsat I-6 F2, 02-18-2023
Falcon 9 carried dual-band, six-ton mobile communications relay station Inmarsat I-6 F2 to orbit for Inmarsat, a British company.
The launch was at 10:59pm local time at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s SLC-40 complex. It was a cloudy, muggy evening as a cold front approached, but the weather was deemed good enough for the successful launch.
Unfortunately, due to some bad luck and lack of a backup plan, these photos were taken through the trees on the banks of the Indian River. The low cloud deck made the show a very brief one after liftoff, though from time to time the rocket glared through a gap in the clouds.
SpaceX Falcon 9, Starlink 5-4, 02-12-2023
SpaceX launched another 54 Starlink satellites to orbit this morning as they continue to build out their constellation to provide ubiquitous Internet connectivity anywhere in the world.
The launch represented the fastest turnaround and launch from a single launch pad — five days — and is their tenth launch of 2023.
SpaceX, Amazonus Nexus, 02-06-2023
SpaceX launched the Amazonas Nexus satellite tonight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The payload is owned by the Spanish company Hispasat. Amazonus Nexus will connect trans-Atlantic airline passengers, maritime traffic, and rural communities across the Americas.
SpaceX Falcon 9, Starlink 5-2, January 26, 2023
In the wee hours, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 carried Starlink 5-2 above the clouds behind a boat sitting anchored on the Banana River
Light showers were around the Cape this morning with a low cloud deck — this rocket more or less disappeared after about 15-20 seconds.
Photo was taken at the Banana Creek bridge on FL 528 near Port Canaveral.
A Trip to the LC-39 Observation Gantry To View A Launch
I’ve been playing around with making videos the past year or so, mainly as an aside to creating still photographs of launches around the Cape.
Honestly, results have been mixed: video requires a somewhat different skillset, even when you are using the same equipment, and it certainly requires your full attention to great anything close to what I’d label as “good.” As far as skills go, I am improving, but have a ways to go. I personally hate the sound of my own voice on a recording, but I need to get over that and start narrating my videos, and I also probably need to put myself on video as well to personalize the experience. I plan to do that with my next video and from there out.
Anyways, here’s my latest attempt at recording the event of a space launch from the viewpoint of being a visitor. I had tickets to the LC-39 gantry, which is the closest place the general public can get to a launch from SpaceX’s SLC-40 complex, and I made video from the gate to Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center onward.
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