SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Group 3-3 launch
Vandenberg SLC4E : August 12, 2022
Falcon 9 launch carrying 46 Starlink satellites to a sun-synchronous orbit. View from Ocean Ave at Renwick Ave, 4 miles from SLC4E.
This was the 10th flight of B1061, whose previous flights have all been from Florida (most recently Globalstar FM15 on June 19).
Reported weather: KVBG 122058Z 34015KT 10SM FEW012 FEW330 20/14 A3002
Launch time approximately 21:40:10 UTC. Image times approximate.
The top of SLC-3 (Atlas launch pad) peeking above the hill
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Turkey Vulture
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A try at a daytime streak shot.
f/6.3 1/500 +2/3 EV
f/6.3 0.6 with 10 stop ND filter
f/22 20s with 10 stop ND and CP filter
21:40:13Z (L+0:03) 30s with 10 stop ND and CP filter