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SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Group 3-2 launch
Vandenberg SLC4E : July 22, 2022

Falcon 9 launch carrying 46 Starlink satellites to a sun-synchronous orbit. View from an altitude of 8500'.

This was the 4th flight of B1071, whose most recent flight was the SARah-1 mission from VSFB, 34 days ago.

Reported weather: KVBG 221739Z 29004KT 8SM SCT005 BKN250 13/13 A2995 RMK AO2A VIS 2 S-W ; KLPC 221656Z AUTO 27007KT 10SM OVC006 14/12 A2995

Launch time approximately 17:39:40 UTC. Image times approximate.

17:35:07Z (L-04:33) The fogbank curling into the valley
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17:44:31Z (L+04:51) SLC-6 behind the hill

17:49:40Z (L+10:00)
N634QS on approach to KSBA Rwy 7
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The airline terminal at KSBA
LAX
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