Richard T. Par
A few hours ago, SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 new Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California.
Unlike the June 18 launch—which I viewed from my neighborhood in Pomona—I drove to West Covina's Shadow Oak Park to witness tonight's flight (which occurred at 8:47 PM, PDT). Needless to say, the view from Shadow Oak Park was just as spectacular as the one offered at Diamond Bar's Summitridge Park...where I went to see the April 6 launch.
Nothing else needs to be said, except that I never get tired of seeing the amazing 'jellyfish' created by the thrust of Falcon 9's second stage engine as it transported the Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. And of course, let's not forget the awesome view of Falcon 9's twin payload fairings and first stage booster as they fell back to Earth to be recovered by waiting SpaceX vessels stationed out in the Pacific Ocean!
I'm basically repeating myself if you've read my previous Blog entries about the Starlink launches, so here are photos that I took tonight (using my Google Pixel 4A phone). Can't wait till SpaceX conducts another spectacular Falcon 9 flight from the Central California coastline!
I hope y'all had a great weekend.
Richard T. Par
Richard T. Par
Richard T. Par
Richard T. Par
Richard T. Par
Richard T. Par
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