SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Group 2-1 mission
Launch - Vandenberg SLC4E : September 13, 2021
Falcon 9 launch carrying 51 v1.5 Starlink satellites. View from an altitude of 6500'.
This was the 10th flight of B1049.
Launch time approximately 03:55:49 UTC (Sep 14). Image times approximate.
SpaceX HQ in Hawthorne
Downtown Los Angeles
Airbus A350 on downwind to LAX
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03:59:28Z Oops, that's not the second stage.
Fairing return - Port of Long Beach : September 15, 2021
NRC Quest arrived this morning with two fairing halves from the Starlink launch.
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Booster return - Port of Long Beach : September 16, 2021
Adele Elise, Of Course I Still Love You, and the tug Scorpius arrived this morning with B1049 from the Starlink launch.
Chopper 7 also in the area
The SpaceX Western Fleet
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That's a big crane!
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What shipping container shortage?
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