Category: Fun & Curios

Routine foggy night mission from me ol’ stompin’ grounds

Starlink launch (routine night launch)

AtlasV NRO mission (Sunday morning)

…they received a good
“I was there!” story to brag on

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Falcon9 Starlink Sunday evening from the Cape

Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/p7oPfd3eMW

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 4, 2023

Great landing video

Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship pic.twitter.com/oLysbrAl9e

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 4, 2023

Crew Dragon re-entry and splashdown Sunday night

I’ll just squeeze-in this Vandenberg launch Saturday morning

Routine launch from the Cape
although it could be CGI or a replay for all I know

NOTE: nasty hurricane effects came nowhere near me in SCentral NC, just rain.
Lack of posting was due to having nothing unique to add to common reactions to current events.
Y’all don’t need my teeth-grinding in addition to all the others’.
Hard to find something clever or cute or snide or funny to say,
buuut that’ll change

LAUNCHES THIS WEEK:

• Starlink Saturday evening

• Crew Dragon to ISS Saturday morning

Full-duration, 33-engine static fire of Super-Heavy B9 Friday morning
(multiple angles of Starship booster test)

The test produced approximately 7.9 million lbf of thrust (~3,600 metric tons) pic.twitter.com/LA6BIGzzLu

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 25, 2023

pic.twitter.com/jvAFyiDF9E

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 25, 2023

NorKs fail again

Electron from NZ tonight
40th flight, 7th recovered booster, first re-flown booster engine

India’s Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon!
More info with background and future plans

Tues morning from Vandenberg (landing in the x-ring)

• Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon (interesting video of latest news, updated)

• On deck: India’s second try (Wed morning)

Rescheduled Launch #2 to next week
(delayed due to the Pacific hurricane in the landing area)

Another textbook night launch from the Cape
13th landing for this booster

If you’re wondering why I post mainly SpaceX launches:
• Landings (never had these back in my day, only capsules in parachutes caught in mid-air)
• Sheer mass (profit > glory)
• Just entertainin’ myself, here

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Textbook night launch from the Cape, early-AM Friday
Nice landing vid

Next launch planned for Wednesday from the Cape