Saturday, March 14, 2020

My first live rocket launch : Falcon 9 CRS20

Life Falcon 9 CRS20 rocket launch pictures taken with Nikon D7500 and lenses 18-200 and 10-24mm.

Space Complex 40 as seen from Titusville

A couple of seconds before the launch of Falcon 9 CRS20

Incredable bright light a couple of seconds after launching






Close-up after first stage and ignition of second stage.
  For the first time ever I was able see a real live rocket launch. On March 6th, 23h50 local time, a Falcon 9 loaded with a Dragon spacecraft was launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral. I observed the launch from Titusville at the Indian river, about 21km from complex 40. Even at this distance the launch was seen perfectly and very bright. The sound of the rocket launch came much later about 1 minute after T-zero.

First Stage Booster landing at Landing Zone 1 'SLC 13'
The first stage booster came back and landed at Space Launch Complex 13, Landing Zone 1. This was seen aswell very easy and very bringt. One day later I could see the landed booster from Space Launch Complex 14.
Booster (right above the trees) from CRS20 Falcon 9 after landing as seen from SLC14

SpaceX Space Launch Complex 40, One day later.