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SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Group 4-13 launch
Vandenberg SLC4E : May 13, 2022

Falcon 9 launch carrying 53 Starlink satellites. View from an altitude of 7500'.

This was the 5th flight of B1063, previously flown for Sentinel 6, DART, and Starlink 4-11 missions from VSFB, the latter 78 days ago.

Reported weather: KVBG 132158Z 36023G27KT 10SM CLR 19/08 A3004 ; KLPC 132156Z AUTO 27019G25KT 10SM CLR 22/09 A3004

Launch time approximately 22:07:50 UTC. Image times approximate.

21:55:39Z (L-12:11)
22:00:59Z (L-06:51)
22:06:56Z (L-00:54)
22:07:50Z (L+00:00)

22:07:54Z (L+00:04)
22:07:55Z (L+00:05)
22:07:57Z (L+00:07)
22:07:58Z (L+00:08)

22:07:59Z (L+00:09)
22:08:02Z (L+00:12)
22:08:07Z (L+00:17)
22:08:18Z (L+00:28)

22:08:22Z (L+00:32)
22:08:27Z (L+00:37)
22:08:53Z (L+01:03)
22:09:01Z (L+01:11)

22:09:09Z (L+01:19)
22:09:15Z (L+01:25)
22:09:42Z (L+01:52)
22:09:55Z (L+02:05)

22:10:05Z (L+02:15)
22:10:23Z (L+02:33)
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