Back to photo homeView this gallery in a slideshowStatic thumbnail page

SpaceX Falcon 9 Sentinel 6A Michael Freilich launch
Vandenberg SLC4E : November 21, 2020

Falcon 9 launch carrying an EU Copernicus earth observation satellite that will be monitoring sea levels. View from an altitude of 8500'.

This was the first flight of B1063, and the third time a booster has returned to LZ-4.

Launch time approximately 17:17:08 UTC. Image times approximate.

cIMG_6033.JPG

The jump plane was up for the launch too

17:09:30Z (L-07:38) Strongback is up

17:13:58Z (L-03:10) Strongback now retracted

17:17:00Z (L-00:08)

17:17:08Z (L-00:00) Liftoff!

17:17:10Z (L+00:02)

17:17:12Z (L+00:04)

17:17:13Z (L+00:05)

17:17:15Z (L+00:07)

17:17:16Z (L+00:08)

17:17:17Z (L+00:09)

17:17:18Z (L+00:10)

17:17:35Z (L+00:27)

17:17:39Z (L+00:31) Rolling as it passes the horizon

17:17:46Z (L+00:38)

17:17:49Z (L+00:41)

17:18:22Z (L+01:14)

17:18:27Z (L+01:19)

17:18:32Z (L+01:24)

17:18:48Z (L+01:40)

17:19:10Z (L+02:02)

17:19:24Z (L+02:16)

17:19:36Z (L+02:28) Staging

17:19:38Z (L+02:30)

17:19:42Z (L+02:34)

17:19:44Z (L+02:36)

17:19:50Z (L+02:42) Boostback burn

17:19:53Z (L+02:45)

17:20:26Z (L+03:18) Second stage, and a fairing half

17:23:35Z (L+06:27)

17:24:07Z (L+06:59) Reentry burn

17:24:09Z (L+07:01)

17:24:10Z (L+07:02)

17:24:18Z (L+07:10)

17:24:37Z (L+07:29)

17:24:43Z (L+07:35)

17:24:55Z (L+07:47) Landing burn

17:25:00Z (L+07:52)

17:25:00Z (L+07:52)

17:25:08Z (L+08:00)

17:25:12Z (L+08:04)

17:25:18Z (L+08:10)

17:25:19Z (L+08:11)

17:25:22Z (L+08:14)

17:25:23Z (L+08:15)

17:25:24Z (L+08:16)

17:25:25Z (L+08:17)

17:25:26Z (L+08:18)

17:25:27Z (L+08:19)

17:25:33Z (L+08:23)

17:26:10Z (L+09:02)

17:26:29Z

SLC2 (Firefly Alpha)

pIMG_6336.JPG

Traffic at Ocean and Bailey Ave

pIMG_6362.JPG