LAUNCH! Falcon 9 B1081-7 launches the EarthCARE mission for ESA.Overview:nasaspaceflight.com/2024/05/earthc… - by William Graham (@w_d_graham).
Staging 1-2.Booster returning RTLS to LZ-4
Another happy landing:
And S/C Sep.
Seen above the edge of the advancing @Marine_layer from 19.4 miles NW of the pad, @SpaceX's Falcon 9 lofts the @esa @JAXA #earthcare satellite towards orbit before reentering for a landing at #Vandenberg. @NASASpaceflight
We hear you, #EarthCARE!Hartebeesthoek station in South Africa has received the satellite’s first signals from space. Telemetry is arriving clearly at ESA mission control in Germany.
We have confirmation that #EarthCARE’s first deployment is complete: the satellite has spread its solar wing, and is generating power.We have a mission!
Our first month with 13 Falcon launches. Congrats @SpaceX team!!!
Beautiful launch and landing of the @ESA_EO EarthCARE mission from Vandenberg SFB. This is a time lapse composite taken in one second intervals.Me for @NASASpaceflight
