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SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-9 launch
Vandenberg SLC4E : November 11, 2023

Falcon 9 smallsat rideshare launch carrying 100+ payloads. View from Ocean Ave at Artesia Ave, 4.7 miles from SLC4E.
This was the 12th flight of B1071

Reported weather: KVBG 111855Z AUTO 02003KT 10SM CLR 23/M06 A3010; KLPC 111856Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/M03 A3009

Launch time approximately 18:49:00 UTC. Image times approximate.

18:49:15Z (L+0:15)	18:49:17Z (L+0:17)	18:49:19Z (L+0:19)	18:49:30Z (L+0:30)
18:50:10Z (L+1:10)	18:50:22Z (L+1:22)	18:50:45Z (L+1:45)	18:51:11Z (L+2:11)
18:51:19Z (L+2:19) MECO	18:51:31Z (L+2:31) Staging	18:51:38Z (L+2:38) Boostback burn	18:51:40Z (L+2:40)
18:52:00Z (L+3:00)	18:52:34Z (L+3:34) Thruster activity	18:52:35Z (L+3:35)	18:52:44Z (L+3:44)
18:55:26Z (L+6:26) Entry burn	18:55:31Z (L+6:31)	18:55:38Z (L+6:38)	18:55:42Z (L+6:42)
18:55:53Z (L+6:53)	18:56:03Z (L+7:03)	18:56:24Z (L+7:24)	18:56:27Z (L+7:27) Landing burn
18:56:29Z (L+7:29)	18:56:31Z (L+7:31)	cIMG_1167.JPG

November 10: Alisal Rd near Solvang

Orion	The Pleiades	Pegasus and Andromeda	Jupiter and moons (from L to R: Callisto, Europa, Io, Ganymede)
Saturn	Orion Nebula

November 11: Pismo Beach Monarch Grove

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Townsend's Warbler	Sanderling	pIMG_6826.JPG	pIMG_6832.JPG
pIMG_6834.JPG	Western Gull	Pismo Beach Pier	pIMG_6843.JPG
Bufflehead	Brown Pelican with gulls	pIMG_6885.JPG	pIMG_6887.JPG
Splashing around	pIMG_6892.JPG	pIMG_6893.JPG	pIMG_6902.JPG
Long-billed Curlew	pIMG_6911.JPG	Ruddy Duck	Western Grebe
cIMG_6932.JPG	cIMG_6935.JPG	cIMG_6940.JPG	Surf Scoters
cIMG_6959.JPG	California Sea Otter	pIMG_6974.JPG	pIMG_7001.JPG
pIMG_7003.JPG	pIMG_7006.JPG	pIMG_7008.JPG	pIMG_7009.JPG
pIMG_7010.JPG	pIMG_7013.JPG	pIMG_7014.JPG	pIMG_7015.JPG
pIMG_7016.JPG	Great-tailed Grackle	pIMG_7035.JPG	pIMG_7038.JPG
A bunch of monarchs scattered and they filled the sky!	pIMG_7046.JPG	pIMG_7049.JPG	cIMG_7055.JPG
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Red-tailed Hawk	CKS931 (Kalitta Air B744, ICN-LAX)