Edhat Staff
By the edhat staff
SpaceX performed another sucessful launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday afternoon.
At 1:09 p.m. a Falcon 9 rocked launched 51 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East.
The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 and one Starlink mission. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
A webcast of the mission is available below:
By Joe DeLise
Today’s SPACEX Launch. Wish I had a better lens!!!
We were having a catered lunch (tacos with hand-made corn tortillas and alllll the trimmings….mezcal of course) for Mother’s Day by/in the pool/spa when we heard all the “noise.” We never saw the actual rocket, but no one in my family has great eyesight. Hopefully, no one’s animals flipped/freaked out during the rumble shakey-shakey time. Our dogs are pretty “solid” when it comes to noise/distractions, so they pretty much just sat there chewing their treats. Simply LOVE the launches and we are so lucky to be so close to them.
The “rumble” gets here 3 minutes AFTER the launch.
If you wait for the sound, the rocket will be long gone.
Sound travels at 343 meters per second
Is it just me or are these getting louder? Even from downtown SB there were intense booms
It really depends on atmospheric conditions at the time of launch. Even on a clear sunny day there are temperature/humidity layers that reflect or contain the sound waves closer to the ground. Still very impressive to be able feel the shudder in your chest from 25+ miles away in SB. Starship/Super Heavy must absouteltly incredible.
When will we realize we are putting a lot of junk into space? Probably when it’s too late.
It is too late already. The trash that is up there will have to be cleared but the folks who put it there won’t be required to do so so the rest of us will pay. Just as we pay to pick and deal with the trash that businesses leave everyday in our lives. We really need an assessment fund (tax if you will) that polluters pay into when they either sell or distribute consumer or commercial products that will not of themselves recycle.
Kessler Syndrome, here we come!