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SpaceX Falcon 9 Iridium NEXT (flight 4) launch
Vandenberg SLC4E : December 22, 2017

At Lompoc Airport, about 9 miles from SLC-4E

Aerial view of Falcon 9	pIMG_4316.JPG	Lompoc Airport	Top of the SLC-3E gantry
01:27:42Z (L+00:08)	01:27:47Z (L+00:13)	01:27:57Z (L+00:23)	pIMG_4369.JPG
01:28:17Z (L+00:43)	01:28:42Z (L+01:08)	01:28:43Z (L+01:09) Through a thin cloud band	01:29:20Z (L+01:46)
01:29:35Z (L+02:01)	01:29:39Z (L+02:05)	01:29:41Z (L+02:07)	01:29:45Z (L+02:11)
01:29:48Z (L+02:14)	01:29:57Z (L+02:23) Exhaust plume starting to get sunlit	01:29:59Z (L+02:25)	01:30:02Z (L+02:28)
01:30:06Z (L+02:32) MECO	01:30:12Z (L+02:38) Staging	01:30:20Z (L+02:46)	01:30:21Z (L+02:47)
01:30:22Z (L+02:48)	01:30:23Z (L+02:49)	01:30:23Z (L+02:49)	01:30:24Z (L+02:50)
01:30:30Z (L+02:56)	01:30:41Z (L+03:07)	01:30:42Z (L+03:08)	01:30:44Z (L+03:10)
01:30:44Z (L+03:10)	01:30:45Z (L+03:11) Fairing separation	01:30:45Z (L+03:11)	01:30:46Z (L+03:12) 2nd stage and fairings
01:31:06Z (L+03:32)	01:31:09Z (L+03:35) 1st stage thrusters	01:31:16Z (L+03:42)	01:31:23Z (L+03:47)
01:32:37Z (L+05:03)	01:32:55Z (L+05:21)	01:32:59Z (L+05:25)	01:33:06Z (L+05:32)
01:34:28Z (L+06:54) 1st stage reentry	01:34:41Z (L+07:07)

Unfortunately, the launch trail exposure got clipped. It was also a bit too early in the evening to get the entire trail without overexposing the sky.

cIMG_9788.JPG	Launch time exposure	Followup time exposure	01:32:32Z (L+04:58)
01:33:28Z (L+05:54)	01:35:19Z (L+07:45)	pIMG_9805.JPG