Dramatic view of fairing half re-entry
Fairing reentry on the ViaSat-3 mission was the hottest and fastest we've ever attempted. The fairings re-entered the atmosphere greater than 15x the speed of sound, creating a large trail of plasma in its wake pic.twitter.com/VgdlH6r3yR
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 2, 2023
Nice vid, especially of a fairing half flashing past @36sec
Stage separation at sunset, followed by second stage engine startup, and payload fairing deploy pic.twitter.com/QOecwdHx4s
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 2, 2023
Three launches
Falcon Heavy (Viasat) Great night-launch video but no booster landings
Falcon9 (Starlink) Nice vid climbing out of the Vandenberg ground fog
Falcon9 (O3b Mpower) Textbook
Nature reminds everybody who’s boss
Last night’s storm in Florida produced hail, tornadoes, and lightning. Following this strike on the tower at 39A, teams performed additional checkouts of Falcon Heavy, the payloads, and ground support equipment pic.twitter.com/GZwCARaZTx
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 28, 2023
Nifty view of the Starship ascent/destruct from an airliner: