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1st Reflown and upgraded SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 blasts
off carrying massive Merah Putih telecom satellite after launch at 1:18 a.m. EDT, Aug 7, 2018 from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com |
Ken Kremer
— SpaceUpClose.com — 8 August 2018
— SpaceUpClose.com — 8 August 2018
CAPE
CANAVERAL Air FORCS STATION, FL – The Florida Space Coast and space enthusiasts
were treated to a magnificent display of rocketry at its finest with Tuesday’s post
midnight blastoff of the Merah Putih telecomsat for the nation of Indonesia riding
atop the 1st re-flown model of SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 booster in the wee hours
of Aug. 7.
CANAVERAL Air FORCS STATION, FL – The Florida Space Coast and space enthusiasts
were treated to a magnificent display of rocketry at its finest with Tuesday’s post
midnight blastoff of the Merah Putih telecomsat for the nation of Indonesia riding
atop the 1st re-flown model of SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 booster in the wee hours
of Aug. 7.
Check out our expanding nd exclusive Space
UpClose gallery of the launch and prelaunch photos.
UpClose gallery of the launch and prelaunch photos.
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1st Reflown and upgraded SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 blasts
off carrying massive Merah Putih telecom satellite after launch at 1:18 a.m. EDT, Aug 7, 2018 from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com |
Liftoff
of the Merah Putih telecommunications satellite took place
right at the opening of the two-hour long launch window in the dead of night at
1:18 a.m. EDT (0518 GMT) Tuesday, Aug. 7, from seaside Space Launch Complex-40
on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL.
of the Merah Putih telecommunications satellite took place
right at the opening of the two-hour long launch window in the dead of night at
1:18 a.m. EDT (0518 GMT) Tuesday, Aug. 7, from seaside Space Launch Complex-40
on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL.
Just
minutes later the Falcon 9 first stage made a pinpoint rocket assisted re-landing
on a droneship waiting hundreds of mile offshore in the Atlantic Ocean. Overall
this counted as the second launch and second ocean landing for the Block 5
booster.
minutes later the Falcon 9 first stage made a pinpoint rocket assisted re-landing
on a droneship waiting hundreds of mile offshore in the Atlantic Ocean. Overall
this counted as the second launch and second ocean landing for the Block 5
booster.
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Streak Shot! Recycled and upgraded SpaceX
Falcon 9 blazes trail to geostationary orbit carrying massive Merah Putih telecom satellite after launch at 1:18 a.m. EDT, Aug 7, 2018 from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL – seen in this long duration exposure photo taken as the rocket soars over the Max Brewer Bridge in Titusville, Fl. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com |
The rocket put on a fabulous sky show that
delighted onlookers for many minutes due to the nearly complete absence of view
obscuring clouds.
delighted onlookers for many minutes due to the nearly complete absence of view
obscuring clouds.
The Florida weather was perfect and no
technical glitches were encountered during the terminal countdown for the two
stage 229-foot tall (70-meter) Falcon 9
rocket.
technical glitches were encountered during the terminal countdown for the two
stage 229-foot tall (70-meter) Falcon 9
rocket.
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1st Reused and upgraded SpaceX Falcon 9 blasts off carrying
massive Merah Putih telecom satellite after launch at 1:18 a.m. EDT, Aug 7, 2018 from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com |
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Streak Shot! Recycled and upgraded SpaceX
Falcon 9 blazes trail to geostationary orbit carrying massive Merah Putih telecom satellite after launch at 1:18 a.m. EDT, Aug 7, 2018 from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL – seen in this long duration exposure photo taken as the rocket soars over the Max Brewer Bridge in Titusville, Fl. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com |
Watch for Ken’s continuing onsite coverage of NASA, SpaceX, ULA,
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Orbital ATK and more space and mission reports direct
from the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida and
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia.
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Orbital ATK and more space and mission reports direct
from the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida and
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia.
Stay tuned here for Ken’s continuing Earth and Planetary science and human
spaceflight news: www.kenkremer.com
–www.spaceupclose.com – twitter @ken_kremer – email: ken at kenkremer.com
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NASA/ULA Parker Solar Probe, SpaceX Merah
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missions, ULA Atlas & Delta launches, SpySats and more at Ken’s upcoming
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NASA/ULA Parker Solar Probe, SpaceX Merah
Putih & Telstar 19 launches, SpaceX Falcon 9/CRS-15 launch to ISS, SES-12 comsat launch, Falcon Heavy, TESS, GOES-S, Bangabandhu-1, NASA
missions, ULA Atlas & Delta launches, SpySats and more at Ken’s upcoming
outreach events at Kennedy Space Center Quality Inn, Titusville, FL, evenings:
Aug
10/11: “NASA/ULA Parker
Solar Probe launch, SpaceX Merah Putih & Telstar 19v Launches, SpaceX Dragon
CRS-15 resupply launch to ISS, SpaceX Falcon Heavy & Falcon 9 launches,
SpaceX SES-12 comsat. ULA Atlas USAF SBIRS GEO 4 missile warning satellite,
SpaceX GovSat-1, CRS-14 resupply launches to the ISS, NRO & USAF Spysats,
SLS, Orion, Boeing and SpaceX Commercial crew capsules, OSIRIS-Rex, Juno at
Jupiter, InSight Mars lander, Curiosity and Opportunity explore Mars, NH at
Pluto and more,” Kennedy Space Center Quality Inn, Titusville, FL, evenings. Photos for sale
10/11: “NASA/ULA Parker
Solar Probe launch, SpaceX Merah Putih & Telstar 19v Launches, SpaceX Dragon
CRS-15 resupply launch to ISS, SpaceX Falcon Heavy & Falcon 9 launches,
SpaceX SES-12 comsat. ULA Atlas USAF SBIRS GEO 4 missile warning satellite,
SpaceX GovSat-1, CRS-14 resupply launches to the ISS, NRO & USAF Spysats,
SLS, Orion, Boeing and SpaceX Commercial crew capsules, OSIRIS-Rex, Juno at
Jupiter, InSight Mars lander, Curiosity and Opportunity explore Mars, NH at
Pluto and more,” Kennedy Space Center Quality Inn, Titusville, FL, evenings. Photos for sale
