#night launch

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𝘜𝘚𝘈𝘍 𝘍-16 𝘝𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘔𝘈𝘚𝘛, 𝘖𝘤𝘵. 26, 2025.

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Night Launch

[projecthabu]

     I often say that nothing can surpass nature’s beauty, but rocket launches come close. Words fail to describe the multisensory experience, but photos help. These are my photos of the SpaceX JCSAT-16 mission, departing Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Launch Complex 41 on the night of August 13, 2016.

[projecthabu]

     For the first time in 2017, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida was shaken by the roar of a rocket. On January 20, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lofted a satellite that will make the world a safer place. The Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS GEO-3) will monitor the globe, watching for missile launches using its infrared sensors, serving as an early warning detection system for potential threats.

     I made these photographs while standing 1.9 miles from Launch Complex 41. From this distance, the rocket was alarmingly loud. It took intense concentration to operate the camera in this violent acoustic environment. The supersonic flow exiting the RD-180 engine nozzles caused a crackling sound which I could feel thumping against my chest.

     I watched as the rocket disappeared into its orbit, but even after the vehicle was out of sight, I still heard its engines. After this, the only remaining remnant of the rocket was the strong scent of RP-1 (refined kerosene) exhaust, wafting about. I love the smell of jet fuel in the morning and rocket exhaust at night.

[rjbailey]

STS-113 Liftoff by NASA on The Commons Via Flickr: Against a black night sky, the Space Shuttle Endeavour heads toward Earth orbit and a scheduled link-up with the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 occurred at 7:49:47 p.m. (EST), November 23, 2002. The launch was the 19th for Endeavour, and the 112th flight in the Shuttle program. Mission STS-113 was the 16th assembly flight to the International Space Station, carrying another structure for the Station, the P1 integrated truss. Crewmembers onboard were astronauts James D. Wetherbee, commander; Paul S. Lockhart, pilot, along with astronauts Michael E. Lopez-Alegria and John B. Herrington, both mission specialists. Also onboard were the Expedition 6 crewmembers--astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox and Donald R. Pettit, along with cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin--who went on to replace Expedition 5 aboard the Station. Image #: STS113-S-011 Date: November 23, 2002

[rjbailey]

STS-113 Launch by NASA on The Commons Via Flickr: The Space Shuttle Endeavour arcs into the still-black sky over the Atlantic Ocean, casting a fiery glow on its way. Liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 occurred at 7:49:47 p.m. (EST), November 23, 2002. The launch was the 19th for Endeavour, and the 112th flight in the Shuttle program. Mission STS-113 was the 16th assembly flight to the International Space Station, carrying another structure for the Station, the P1 integrated truss. Crewmembers onboard were astronauts James D. Wetherbee, commander; Paul S. Lockhart, pilot, along with astronauts Michael E. Lopez-Alegria and John B. Herrington, both mission specialists. Also onboard were the Expedition 6 crewmembers--astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox and Donald R. Pettit, along with cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin--who went on to replace Expedition 5 aboard the Station. Image #: STS113-S-035 Date: November 23, 2002

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SpaceX Falcon 9: SES-12

Mission: SES-12

Vehicle: Falcon 9 (Reused Block 4 first stage, Block V upper stage)

Launch Location: LC-40

Viewing Location: Port Canaveral

Date: 6/4/2018

[rjbailey]

Apollo 17 Night Launch by NASA on The Commons Via Flickr: Liftoff of the Apollo 17 Saturn V Moon Rocket from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 12:33 a.m., December 7, 1972. Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission, was the first night launch of a Saturn V rocket. Image # : S72-55070 Date: December 7, 1972