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At 9:44am (ET) and under a beautiful blue sky, #SpaceX launched a #Falcon9 rocket sending 46 #Starlink satellites to orbit.
It's a nice start of the week for the Space Coast.
ESA’s EarthCARE satellite lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US, on 29 May at 00:20 CEST (28 May, 15:20 local time).
The Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer satellite, or EarthCARE for short, carries a set of four instruments to make a range of different measurements that together will shed new light on the interplay between clouds, aerosols, incoming solar energy and outgoing radiation, which together regulate Earth’s climate. With the climate crisis increasingly affecting our planet, EarthCARE is poised to provide key data for climate research, to improve the accuracy of climate models and to support numerical weather prediction.
EarthCARE has been developed as a cooperation between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja
This photo was shot from Vero Beach as a SpaceX Falcon 9 finally launched the Italian CGS-2 satellite after having been scrubbed four times previously. Three launch attempts were scrubbed for weather issues and one was caused by a cruise ship that had entered the hazard zone.
Want to see a powerful rocket engine test In person?
We’re inviting social media users to apply for a maximum of 40 credentials to cover events happening August 13 at NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi. NASA Social participants will have the opportunity to watch as NASA tests a RS-25 engine that will help power the next great American era of deep-space exploration.
Four RS-25 engines will power the core stage of NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS), which will carry humans deeper into space than ever before, including to an asteroid and Mars. The RS-25 engine is a modified space shuttle main engine, which powered 135 missions into low-Earth orbit from 1981 to 2011. Remaining space shuttle main engines are being upgraded to provide the additional thrust needed for the SLS vehicle.
Participants will not only see and feel the power of the RS-25 engine test, but also get behind-the-scenes access to America’s largest rocket engine test facility. Tours will include the historic B-2 test stand that is currently being renovated for SLS core stage testing and Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Engine Assembly Facility.
Attendees will also have the opportunity to attend a Q&A session with NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne representatives that will air live on NASA TV.
Registration will be open until 5 p.m. EST on July 9. All social media accreditation applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
What are NASA Social media credentials?
Credentials give social media users a chance to apply for the same access as journalists in an effort to align the access and experience of social media representatives with those of traditional media. People who actively collect, report, analyze and disseminate news on social networking platforms are encouraged to apply for media credentials. Selection is not random. All social media accreditation applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Those chosen must prove through the registration process they meet specific engagement criteria.
How do I register?
NASA Social media accreditation for this event opens on this page and closes at 5 p.m. EST on July 9 for U.S. citizens.
Do I need to have a social media account to register?
Yes. This event is designed for people who:
--Actively use multiple social networking platforms and tools to disseminate information to a unique audience
--Regularly produce new content that features multimedia elements
--Have the potential to reach a large number of people using digital platforms
--Reach a unique audience, separate and distinctive from traditional news media and/or NASA audiences
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--Have previous postings that are highly visible, respected and widely recognized
Users on all social networks are encouraged to use the #SLSfiredup and #NASASocial hashtags. Updates and information about the event will be shared on Twitter via @NASASocial, @NASAStennis, @NASA_SLS and via posts to Facebook and Google+.
What are the registration requirements?
Registration indicates your intent to travel to Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi, and attend the event in person. You are responsible for your own expenses for travel, accommodation, food and other amenities. You will be responsible for your travel to and from the Stennis facilities on the day of the event. Stennis will provide transportation for tours and all activities while at the facility.
Some events and participants scheduled to appear at the event are subject to change without notice. NASA and partner organizations are not responsible for loss or damage incurred as a result of attending. NASA and partner organizations, moreover, are not responsible for loss or damage incurred if the event is cancelled with limited or no notice. Please plan accordingly.
To be admitted to Stennis Space Center, you will need to show two government-issued identifications (one with a photo) that matches the name provided on the registration. Those without proper identification cannot be admitted. All registrants must be at least 18 years old.
Can I register if I am not a U.S. citizen?
No. Because portions of this event may take place in restricted areas, registration is limited to U.S. citizens only.
Does my registration include a guest?
Because of space limitations, you may not bring a guest to attend the special access events.
Each registration provides a place in one (1) event for one person only (you) and is non-transferable. Each individual wishing to attend must register separately.
When will I know if I am selected?
After registrations have been received and processed, a notification email will be sent out to inform you whether or not you have been selected for NASA social media accreditation. Those selected will be required to complete an additional step before being accredited. We will send notifications upon approval.
If you do not make the registration list for accreditation, you can still participate in the conversation online.
Does registration for and/or attendance at this NASA Social qualify me for news media accreditation?
No, your registration and/or attendance, does not qualify you for news media credentials at NASA now or in the future.
We planned on going to the launch site itself (or somewhere closer) but the line of vehicles on the single lane road to the site was reported to be two miles long so we decided to just watch the launch from Satellite Beach. Sadly, even with an 800mm lens, this is the best I could get. There's an official launch video in the link below.
GX8 + LEICA DG 100-400/F4.0-6.3
400.0 mm (in 35mm: 800.0 mm)
1/500 sec; f/7.1; ISO 200
~ An Atlas V rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 with a Cygnus spacecraft for the International Space Station.
August 14, 2017: SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the Dragon Spacecraft into orbit. The Dragon Spacecraft is carrying 6400 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station. The launch looked flawless and was worth the long walk on a hot Florida summer day to get to a decent vantage point. SpaceX also successfully landed the rockets first stage which will be refurbished and reused in a future launch. Amazing to see.
The moon made for a nice extra element in this image. The mountain in the image is Cosmit Peak, and several of my neighbors' houses are visible on it.
From lower North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains, San Diego County, California.
June 18, 2024
At 12:10am (ET) Sunday, SpaceX sent 55 Starlink satellites to orbit atop a #Falcon9 rocket.
The 65% illuminated recently risen Moon was on hand; check out the streak -- it's almost as if the rocket decided to swerve around it.
Delta IV Launch from Vandenberg AFB at 3:39AM 2/10/16 - Del Mar, CA
Nikon D800E / Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART
A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the cargo version of the Dragon 2 spacecraft, lifting off from Cape Canaveral. This photo was taken from Vero Beach, FL which is about 70 miles south of the launch sight. The Dragon 2 will dock with the International Space Station bringing supplies and scientific equipment.
Snoopy, waiting patiently for the #Artemis launch and his flight to the Moon, took some time away from the Orion spacecraft Sunday evening to watch the #SpaceX Starlink launch.
This isn't the *actual* zero-g indicator, although I did purchase it from the concession stand at the KSC Press Site, so I told my daughter Lauren they're related.
Lauren has a lot of concern for Snoopy's safety during the upcoming Artemis launch. So, please don't tell her that Snoopy nearly feel irretrievably into the water last night...
I took these photos last night from the Barber Bridge in Vero Beach (about 60 miles south of Cape Canaveral), at 12:42 AM as SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink Group 4-12 mission. It deployed 53 Starlink satellites that were added to it's Starlink satellite internet constellation. The first stage booster landed successfully on the drone ship Just Read The Instructions. It was the 12th flight for this booster.
Liftoff!! This is a #SpaceX #Falcon9 rocket heading to space, launched at 5:27pm (EDT) Friday.
By the way, this booster has been to space and back twice in the last 21 days. No big deal.
“The Lockheed Martin Titan IV Space Launch Vehicle lifts off from Complex 40 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying the B-29 Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite into orbit. Liftoff time was 12:01 p.m. EDT, 8 May 2000.”
Note the heavily “contract photographer-annotated” verso.
A damned good-looking rocket. I personally thought the Titan IIIC (and subsequent) family of launch vehicles all looked really bad-ass. Like ‘muscle-cars’ of old.
Two of the four lightning rods and their myriad of interconnected & ground wires are visible. Informative/interesting reading regarding them:
space.stackexchange.com/questions/6486/why-multiple-light...
space.stackexchange.com/questions/2958/what-are-the-tower...
Both above credit: “Space Exploration” Stack Exchange website
www3.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/226684main_LPS-08.pdf
DSP (Block/Phase 3) family of satellites. DSP-20 being the payload for this launch, the launch vehicle specifically being a Titan-4(02)B with Inertial Upper Stage (IUS):
space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/dsp-3.htm
Credit: “Gunter’s Space Page” website
The view from the beach in Vero Beach, Florida as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral which is about 70 miles to the north. The rocket launched a set of 48 satellites for the OneWeb satellite internet constellation. The first stage booster landed safely back at Cape Canaveral.
Some shots from the pad of the 5:04pm (ET) Wednesday (June 8) SpaceX Falcon launch of the Nilesat 301 satellite. These images were captured with sound-activated cameras placed less than 900-feet from the rocket.
The first image is full of fury, not just from the rocket; in particular, it shows the rather active storm heading toward the Space Coast from the southwest. In the end, the storm didn't stop the countdown clock, and the rocket launched at the very start of the launch wondow.
The second image is a 30-second exposure, with guest appearances by the Sun in the western sky and the pad sound system peeking in from the right.
It's been rare of late that I've been able to set remote cameras, so this was a real treat. It had been so long that I even had to clean cobwebs off one of my lenses. I was a bit rusty, but everything worked out well enough. And, big thanks to Richard Angle for grabbing my gear from the pad this (Thursday) morning.
Long exposure of the rocket's flight path - washed out by the city lights, but it's there nonetheless.
Yesterday morning’s launch of the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter atop an Atlas V from my backyard (~50 miles away) on their way to study Mars!
I took photos with three different cameras last night, at 3:52 AM, to capture images of the SpaceX Crew 4 Launch as it began it's journey to the International Space Station. The photos were taken from the beach in Vero Beach which is about 70 miles south of Kennedy Space Center. There were 4 astronauts aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon that was delivered to space on a Falcon 9 rocket.
The view from the beach in Vero Beach, Florida as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral which is about 70 miles to the north. I believe what is seen here is the first stage booster separating and beginning it's return for landing. If you look very closely you can see the main vehicle continuing on a strait trajectory. The first stage booster landed safely back at Cape Canaveral.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it lifted 4 astronauts aboard a Crew Dragon into orbit for a rendezvous with the International Space Station. It was the third flight of that particular Crew Dragon Capsule and the first flight of the reusable first stage booster. The first stage booster landed safely back at Cape Canaveral. This is an image stack which shows the main path of the vehicle as it launched as well as the trail of the first stage booster as it fired its engines twice prior to landing. The images were taken from Vero Beach which is 63 miles (101 kilometers) south of the launch site.
The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket with the U.S. Air Force’s tenth Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite.
Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite – which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission – has launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 13 August at 02:37 CEST (12 August 21:37 Kourou time).
MetOp-SG-A1 is the first in a series of three successive pairs of satellites. The mission as a whole not only ensures the continued delivery of global observations from polar orbit for weather forecasting and climate analysis for more than 20 years, but also offers enhanced accuracy and resolution compared to the original MetOp mission – along with new measurement capabilities to expand its scientific reach.
This new weather satellite also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission to deliver daily global data on air pollutants and atmospheric trace gases as well as aerosols and ultraviolet radiation.
Ariane 6 is Europe’s heavy launcher and a key element of ESA’s efforts to ensure autonomous access to space for Europe’s citizens. Ariane 6 has three stages: two or four boosters, and a main and upper stage. For this flight, VA264, the rocket was used in its two-booster configuration.
Credits: ESA - S.Corvaja
The SpaceX Falcon Heavy as it lights up the night during launch. I took this photo on the beach in Vero Beach, Florida which is about 70 miles south of the launch site. I had two cameras set up to capture this amazing event. Even though the launch was delayed until 2:30 am there were more people there to see it than I would have expected. They were rewarded with an incredible light show that would have been fitting for the 4th of July.
ð¥ð¥ð¥: This is the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, capable of producing 5 million pounds of thrust, launched Friday at 11:04pm (ET) sending the Echostar24 / Jupiter3 satellite on its way to a geosynchronous orbit 22,000 miles above the Earth.
These images were captured by sound-activated cameras left near the pad Wednesday, where they endured storms and were triggered Thursday night during the Starlink launch. In other words, I had very low expectations for what I'd find on the memory cards.
Because of occasional schedule conflicts I often rely on others to retrieve my gear. For these cameras, Joe Marino checked on my gear Friday and retrieved them earlier today (Saturday). He's great, and his images are always excellent.
From the pad: the fury of 9 Merlin engines, pushing the #SpaceX #CRS14 #Falcon9 into orbit.
(Pic: me / WeReportSpace)
At 7:01pm (ET) Monday, a United Launch Alliance (Mighty) Atlas V thundered off the pad sending the Project Kuiper payload (satellites for Amazon) to space.
A cloudy day in Vero Beach Florida, 70 miles south of Cape Canaveral. The clouds didn't offer a great view of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it lifted 4 people aboard a Crew Dragon into orbit for a rendezvous with the International Space Station. The rockets flaming tail can be seen just above the pier in the distance. The estimated cost for the launch was $52,000,000. The estimated price tag for paying private customers was $54,000,000. A prestige flight for the filthy rich who apparently stay on the ISS for free under the guise of doing experiments. A fair number of people showed up in Vero Beach to watch.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launching 54 Starlink Group 5-15 Satellites at 11:50 PM on July 15th, 2023. This was the last launch of the v1.5 Starlink Satellites to be added to the Starlink mega-constellation. The image was taken from Vero Beach which is 63 miles (101 kilometers) south of the launch site. This was the 16th flight of this particular first stage reusable booster which landed successfully on the barge A Shortfall of Gravitas. The barge was located to the north of the eastern Bahamas.
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In May we spent a day launching rockets in a big farm field near Helm in the Central Valley of California. As sunset approached I walked to a nearby railroad track, which looked abandoned. I took this shot of a farm building with the sun hiding behind a silo.
My thought process when I took the shot:
- Classic rule of thirds, horizon 1/3 at bottom, silo/sun 1/3 at right
- Leading line with railway, pointing all the way to the sun via detour
- The slanted pole in the middle and the power line pole on right suggest sparsely populated wild west
I processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photo from three RAW exposures, merged them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate your critical feedback.
-- ƒ/6.3, 59 mm, 1/1000 sec, ISO 100, Sony A6000, SEL-55210, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC5787_8_9_hdr3bal1pho1d.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
#SpaceX, Thursday morning: one #Falcon9 in flight and another Falcon9 in the Port getting ready to fly again.
A bank of fog rolled in over the beach in the early hours of the morning before the launch. The view, through the fog, from Vero Beach on Dec. 7th 2021 as a ULA Atlas V 551 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 5:19 am. The rocket was carrying the Space Test Program STP-3 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the cargo version of the Dragon 2 spacecraft, lifting off from Cape Canaveral. This photo was taken from Vero Beach, FL which is about 70 miles south of the launch sight. The Dragon 2 will dock with the International Space Station bringing supplies and scientific equipment.
More #SpaceX, Thursday morning: Wide view showing a recovered (& relatively new) #Falcon9 in port, while the many times "flight-proven" booster streaks to orbit in the background.
Bonus: Dragon recovery ship "Megan" is in the foreground with a Dragon test article on deck.
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PSLV-C45 took off from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota , India with electronic intelligence satellite EMISAT as well as 28 other satellites from Spain (1), Lithuania (2), Switzerland (1) and the United States (24) as part of its payload. You can see the Bursting flame and smoke trail minutes after lift off from Launchpad.
Beach, waves, birds and a rocket going to space, aka just another morning on the Space Coast.
Congratulations to the ULA team on a successful Vulcan launch as the Cert-2 mission took flight at 7:25am (ET) Friday.
Go Vulcan!
There were 5 rockets launched at the same mission to study the high - 60 mile high - atmosphere winds. This view was taken with a second camera that was using a longer lens so that it only captured one of the releases.
Meet United Launch Alliance's new ride to space, Vulcan, launched for the very first time at 2:18am (ET) Monday morning.
The blue diamonds are from the methane-burning BE-4 engines, with two GEM 63XL SRBs for additional power.
Go Vulcan!
I shot this from a lookout near the top of Palomar Mountain. On Monday, August 7 at 8:57 p.m. PT (03:57 UTC on August 8) a Falcon 9 launch deployed 15 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Canon EOS R and Canon RF 15-35mm lens.
More shots from tonight's shoot to come. Stay tuned!
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Liftoff!!
At 11:12am (ET) Saturday (7/1), the ESA Euclid mission began its million mile journey atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
August 14, 2017: SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the Dragon Spacecraft into orbit. The Dragon Spacecraft is carrying 6400 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station. The launch looked flawless and was worth the long walk on a hot Florida summer day to get to a decent vantage point. SpaceX also successfully landed the rockets first stage which will be refurbished and reused in a future launch. Amazing to see.
Edited to add an explanation specific to this photo:
SpaceX Crew-7 nebula: After main engine cutoff, the Falcon 9 1st stage booster begins its trip home, while the 2nd stage rocket ignites to get the Crew Dragon to orbit; sometimes this "nebula" happens & it's magical.
What's especially ? There are 4 humans in this picture.
At 3:27 am (EDT) on Saturday, August 26, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending a Crew Dragon spacecraft to space. The spacecraft is named Endurance, and an international crew of four representing four countries was onboard. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will dock at the International Space Station after a 22-hour journey.
Eight minutes after the launch, SpaceX returned the Falcon 9 first-stage booster to Cape Canaveral, where it will be readied for reuse and a future flight.
The view from the beach in Vero Beach, Florida as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral which is about 70 miles to the north. The rocket launched a set of 48 satellites for the OneWeb satellite internet constellation. The first stage booster landed safely back at Cape Canaveral.
At 2:28am (ET) Wednesday, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket sending a batch of Starlink satellites to space, seen here from (a cloudy) Satellite Beach, Florida.
This is the 29th time this booster has been to space and back.
I shot this from the beach in Vero Beach. It went from nearly cloudless to almost overcast in an hours time. Also had some very strong winds and then one of my tripods failed. Definitely not the best weather conditions. SpaceX has now had 23 successful launches in 2020.
Starlink Group 4-27. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 53 Starlink satellites which will be added to its Starlink mega constellation for providing space based internet service.
Space lasers (x3), engage!
This is 25-seconds of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the #ViaSat3Americas payload to space, launched Sunday night.
Image captured by a sound-activated camera placed ~2,000 feet from the pad. This was by far my soggiest camera, having hung out there for 3 days during heavy storms and tornado warnings. My original plan was for a tighter shot, but during the camera reset opportunity Sunday morning the original lens was drenched, so I swapped it out with the backup lens, a 22mm (on a crop-sensor).