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SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Group 2-6 launch
Vandenberg SLC4E : January 31, 2023

Falcon 9 launch carrying 49 Starlink satellites and D-Orbit's ION SCV009 Eclectic Elena. View from an altitude of 6500'.

This was the 7th flight of B1071, whose most recent flight was the SWOT mission from VSFB on December 16.

Reported weather: KVBG 311615Z 13005KT 10SM CLR 07/02 A3016 RMK SLP218

Launch time approximately 16:15:00 UTC. Image times approximate.

January 30

Launch postponed, but I was out there for a look at SLC3 and SLC4.

SLC-3 undergoing work
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16:24Z
18:46Z

January 31


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16:16:20Z Look out above!
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SLC-2 (Firefly)

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