SpaceX Falcon 9 DART mission
Launch - Vandenberg SLC4E : November 23, 2021
Falcon 9 launch sending the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft on a collision course with Dimorphos.
View from an altitude of 8500'.
This was the 3rd flight of B1063, previously flown for Sentinel 6 (VAFB) and Starlink 28 (CCSFS).
Launch time approximately 06:21:02 UTC (Nov 24). Image times approximate.
06:20:24Z (L-00:38) The pad is hidden by some clouds
06:21:04Z (L+00:02) Liftoff, probably!
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06:22:04Z (L+01:02) Passing thru MaxQ
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Fairing return - NRC Quest at Port of Long Beach : November 25, 2021
NRC Quest arrived this morning with two fairing halves from the DART launch. A third fairing half was sitting on the dock.
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Booster return - OCISLY and B1063 at Port of Long Beach : November 27, 2021
GO Quest, Of Course I Still Love You, and the tug Scorpius arriving at the Port of Long Beach this morning with B1063 from the DART launch.
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Of Course I Still Love You and Booster 1063
Scorpius
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Hyundai Neptune and the SpaceX fleet
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The Carnival Panorama passed the convoy on the way into port
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Approaching Queens Gate
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The SpaceX pier area
GO Quest
Robyn J
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