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SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Group 3-1 launch
Vandenberg SLC4E : July 10, 2022

Falcon 9 launch carrying 46 Starlink satellites to a sun-synchronous orbit. View from an altitude of 9000'.

This was the 6th flight of B1063, whose most recent flight was the Starlink 4-13 missions from VSFB, 58 days ago.

Reported weather: KVBG 110138Z 36009KT 1/2SM FG OVC002 14/13 A3002 ; KLPC 110106Z AUTO 28010KT 10SM OVC009 16/13 A3002

Launch time approximately 01:39:40 UTC July 11. Image times approximate.

Lone Pine Canyon (San Andreas Fault)
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01:39:57 (L+00:17)
01:40:02 (L+00:22)

01:40:06 (L+00:26)
01:40:11 (L+00:31)
01:40:14 (L+00:34)
01:40:24 (L+00:44)

01:40:39 (L+00:59)
01:40:57 (L+01:17) The launch plume takes a while to billow above the fogbank
01:41:01 (L+01:21) The exhaust plume as the rocket passes through max q
01:41:05 (L+01:25)

01:41:37 (L+01:57)
Long shadows of L.A. skyscrapers
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Los Angeles City Hall

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