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SpaceX continued their torrid pace of Falcon 9 launches from Florida Monday evening when the company lofted another twenty-three Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit.

Liftoff occurred at 11:2opm Eastern time from launch pad SLC-40 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and is the 57th such mission in 2023 for the company.

Overall, SpaceX has completed 87 orbital launches this year, with 83 of them being carried by their Falcon9 booster, and 4 others being aboard the larger Falcon Heavy. Their next launch from Florida is slated for Friday evening from Cape Canaveral.

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SpaceX launched their 29th Commercial Resupply Services mission on November 10, 2023, sending roughly 6,500 pounds of research gear, supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. The company launched a Falcon 9 from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center, and the first stage booster landed a few miles south at LZ-1 approximately eight minutes later.

SpaceX NASA CRS-29, from the Banana River on FL-528W. Total exposure time is about 8.5 minutes.
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If you are visiting Florida and want to create a great launch photograph but the launch is at night, take a look at this relatively simple technique that will yield some awesome results: a launch streak shot.

Launch streaks are not difficult for nearly any photographer to create, and it doesn’t take any specialized equipment other than a wide-angle lens and a relatively inexpensive shutter release cable used to keep the shutter of your camera open for several minutes during the flight of the rocket. You’ll also need a tripod that can support the camera as well.

Below is a basic procedure and you too can create a memorable photo that will be one that you keep for years.

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United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched an Atlas V from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Otober 6, 2023, shortly after 2PM Eastern Time. The rocket was carrying two Amazon subsidiary Kuiper Systems demonstration satellites into orbit. Shortly after 4pm, ULA CEO Tory Bruno announced that the launch was successful, marking ULA’s 158th consecutive successful mission.

According to Dr. Jonathon McDowell of Harvard University’s Center for Astrophysics, the satellites were placed in a roughly 310 by 310 miw (500 x 500 km) circular orbit. McDowell also said that the second stage of the Atlas rocket would be placed in solar orbit for disposal.

This video results from a team effort by the Florida Media Now group, including myself, Richard Gallagher, T.J. Waller, Mark Stone and others. It was edited by me using Final Cut Pro.

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SpaceX launched another group of Starlink satellites for its Internet service constellation from pad SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Once its lifting duties were complete for the evening, Booster B1076 landed on SpaceX’s droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas on the Atlantic Ocean. This was 1076’s seventh flight; previously it supported CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat 40e, as well as three Starlink missions.

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