Category: Fun & Curios

This Stg-1’s fifteenth launch
Routine, cool video

61st Falcon9 of 2022
Israeli hi-res reccy-sat mission from the same space launch complex (SLC-4)
that NRO recce programs GAMBIT & HEXAGON used back in the day*

Nice videos
@T+2m40s (Stg1 boost-back) the Stg1 and Stg2 engines are pointed at each other
so the plume interaction is really interesting

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* Yeah, I worked 21 launches from there in the ’70s

If you’ve ever wondered why I still use the same title for routine successes…

Routine night launch and droneship landing

Old jokes are the best jokes.
For those who may have tuned-in for my traditional Christmas Greeting

In the spirit of holiday laziness and
in recognition of historical change,
here are last year’s cartoons… updated

It’s gonna be a tad nippy for the next few days.
Take this.

Or, if you need some company
like you’d get if you invited me over