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For the first time since 2019, #SpaceX launched their heavy-lift rocket, the Falcon Heavy, Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at 9:41 am (EDT), sending the USSF-44 payload to orbit. The rocket launched from LC-39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Approximately 8-minutes after launch, two of the three cores returned to Landing Zones 1 and 2 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This was the view captured with a GoPro camera on a timer, set there the day before. Big thanks to the Space media and recovery teams for making this shot possible, and to the Space Launch Delta team for helping staff this event.
psyche encapsulated it its (reused!!!) payload fairing ahead of launch on the 12th at 10:16 AM eastern time
I am so hyped for this mission!!!!!!!! it’ll explore an asteroid (also called psyche) that is, at least we think, essentially a bare planetary core, allowing us to know more about how planets form in general
I assume you're in Cali, but if you're willing to vacation to the East Coast you should attend a launch at Wallops if you can survive the mosquitoes
You are so right, I absolutely should! I've seen launches out of Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral, but Vandenberg is basically just Falcon 9s these days, and for most Cape launches you're so far away there isn't enough PCHHOOOO. Wallops launches weird stuff.
I went to school on the east coast and try to visit every year or so, so this could actually be feasible! Some good friends of mine recently moved to Maryland....maybe it's time to finally pay them a visit 🤔
Bonus pics of the Cape Canaveral Falcon Heavy launch I got the chance to see up close! We got to see the boosters land and everything!
a falcon heavy launches Jupiter-3/EchoStar24, the largest geostationary commsat ever launched, weighing in at 9.2 metric tons
the side boosters of the rocket, tail numbers B1064 and B1065, were both flown and landed for their third time, while the brand new center core was expended
Beagle's Space Weekly (Bulletin #3, The Almighty Speedrun Recap, April 17th-May 20th)
Hey, y’all! We’re back!
Apologies about dropping out, there. I got a pretty nasty little cold that completely took me out and then finals happened. Now, though, with finals all done and me being firmly in summer break mode, I have more time to do this! So, let’s get a few highlights from the month I’ve been gone.
HIGHLIGHTS
Okay, highlights. Right after my last bulletin (oh, it’s been over a…