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
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 25, 2023
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
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
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