Aaaand another textbook launch

The next one is scheduled for Thursday night from the Cape,
with another one Sunday from Vandenberg again.

Note: this kind of foggy launch reminds me of back in the day with the fire/security team stationed less than a mile north of this launch complex. As the vehicle rises and starts to pitch south, you’re lookin’ right into the engine nozzles. On a foggy day, you can’t see it; and it sounds like it’s comin’ right atcha. Everybody moseys over near the fire truck, just in case the noise goes away abruptly or gets really loud, when diving for cover will go to the top of the things-to-do list.

Starlink night launch from the Cape

Sunday morning’s static fire of Starship’s SuperHeavy B9
with nifty new water-cooling baseplate

Drone view of Booster 9 static fire test pic.twitter.com/ARv6H6njgu

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 6, 2023

Another textbook night launch from the Cape
Payload deployment at the end is nice*

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* Like a magician’s final flourish after a series of seemingly miraculous set-up moves