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)
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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
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Western Gull
Pismo Beach Pier
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Bufflehead
Brown Pelican with gulls
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Splashing around
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Long-billed Curlew
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Ruddy Duck
Western Grebe
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Surf Scoters
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California Sea Otter
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Great-tailed Grackle
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A bunch of monarchs scattered and they filled the sky!
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Red-tailed Hawk
CKS931 (Kalitta Air B744, ICN-LAX)