SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket just put on an incredible show, launching 58 Starlink satellites & three Planet Labs satellites from Cape Canaveral.This long exposure photo shows the first stage flight & second stage plume illuminated by the sun downrange.📷: Me for @SuperclusterHQ
Look closely: I caught a glimpse of Falcon 9’s first stage reentering the atmosphere during today’s Starlink launch!The thin orange line is the rocket performing an entry burn to slow down before landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic.📷: Me for @SuperclusterHQ
Falcon 9’s second stage and its exhaust plumes put on a spectacular pre-dawn display this morning while launching 58 Starlink satellites and three Planet Labs earth observation satellites.Wow.📷: Me for @SuperclusterHQ
SpaceX Falcon 9 puts on a magnificent show in the early morning sky carrying #Starlink to orbit, along with 3 SkySat satellites for @planetlabs.This photo is a composite, consisting of one frame of the launch, and one frame where I lit up the greenery in the foreground.
That wasn't thunder, Space Coast - #SpaceX just launched 58 #Starlink satellites and 3 @planetlabs satellites atop a #Falcon9 rocket at 5:21am (ET). This was the scene from Titusville and the A. Max Brewer Bridge.(Pic: me / @WeReportSpace)
Falcon 9 launches 58 Starlink satellites and 3 @planetlabs Skysats to orbit before returning to Earth and landing on a droneship
Soooo I just watched a #SpaceX launch from the beach and that was pretty cool
We are proud of the smooth deployment of Planet’s SkySats with the CarboNIX, our shock-free separation system, with unparalleled <2 deg/s tip off rate in all three axes!
