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SpaceX Falcon 9 RADARSAT Constellation launch
Vandenberg SLC4E : June 12, 2019

A dawn launch of three Canadian earth observation satellites. View from an altitude of 10500'.

This was the second flight of B1051, which previously carried CrewDragon to the ISS.
It also happens to be the second time a booster has returned to LZ-4 at Vandenberg.

Launch time approximately 14:17:10 UTC. Image times approximate.

14:17:20 (L+0:10) Gee, wonder what that glow is?
14:17:21 (L+0:11) Peeking out of the fog
14:17:21 (L+0:11)
14:17:21 (L+0:11)

14:17:22 (L+0:12)
14:17:26 (L+0:16)
14:17:43 (L+0:33) RADARSAT logo rolls by
14:17:54 (L+0:44)

14:18:20 (L+1:10) Launch plume
14:18:33 (L+1:23)
14:19:03 (L+1:53)
14:19:18 (L+2:08)

14:19:35 (L+2:25) Staging
14:19:43 (L+2:33) Second stage and boostback burns
14:19:53 (L+2:43)
14:23:41 (L+6:31) Reentry burn

14:24:46 (L+6:36) Freefall
14:24:35 (L+7:25) Landing burn
14:24:49 (L+7:39)
14:24:54 (L+7:44)

14:24:55 (L+7:45) Swallowed by the fog
14:24:56 (L+7:46)