SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites for their orbital-based Internet service Thursday morning from Pad SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The successful launch was aboard a Falcon 9 performing its ninth mission.
SpaceX launched another group of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station late Saturday evening. The mission, designated as Starlink 5-31, added more Starlink satellites into the burgeoning constellation of over 5,500 small satellites providing Internet access from virtually anywhere globally. The launch occurred at the start of the launch window on a mostly cloudy, humid Florida evening at 11:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.
The mission, designated as Starlink 5-31, added more Starlink satellites into the burgeoning constellation of over 5,500 small satellites providing Internet access from virtually anywhere on the globe.
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.
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.
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.
SpaceX launched another group of Starlink satellites on October 17, 2023 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites to orbit on a southeasterly trajectory late in the evening on September 15, 2023. This view was captured on US-1 in Titusville.
SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites to orbit on a southeasterly trajectory late in the evening on September 15, 2023. This video was recorded at the Banana River Bridge on FL-528 (the Beachline) in Cape Canaveral.
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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