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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January 31
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16:16:20Z Look out above!
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SLC-2 (Firefly)
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