Spacex Falcon 9 Launch - West Coast 01/14/2024
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Early Sunday morning around 1:00 AM Spacex launched another Starlink Satellite payload over Southern California from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. The rocket trajectory was over Southern California headed towards Baja California.
These were handheld shots with a Nikon Z9 and Nikkor Z24-120 lens. This was shot in manual mode and manual focus.
The first photo is the first stage rocket at 80 miles downrange and about 60 miles up at +Mach 1. Photo 2 is the second stage rocket about 250 miles downrange and 80 miles up.
Photos were shot at 120mm, F4, 1/5 second, ISO 25,600, manual focus.
Post Processing: Cropped, contrast in Nikon NX2, color balanced in Photoshop Elements 7.
Note: It took about 10 minutes for the sonic boom and rocket engine rumble to be heard after the launch event started. Quite loud over a broad area.
These were handheld shots with a Nikon Z9 and Nikkor Z24-120 lens. This was shot in manual mode and manual focus.
The first photo is the first stage rocket at 80 miles downrange and about 60 miles up at +Mach 1. Photo 2 is the second stage rocket about 250 miles downrange and 80 miles up.
Photos were shot at 120mm, F4, 1/5 second, ISO 25,600, manual focus.
Post Processing: Cropped, contrast in Nikon NX2, color balanced in Photoshop Elements 7.
Note: It took about 10 minutes for the sonic boom and rocket engine rumble to be heard after the launch event started. Quite loud over a broad area.
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Jan 14, 2024 17:32:33 #
Tdearing wrote:
Great captures.
Thank you. I hope to improve upon these rocket launch captures by getting closer to the actual launch site which is 100 miles away.
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Jan 14, 2024 17:36:00 #
Iron Sight wrote:
Interesting
It amazes me how many rockets Spacex has put up in such a short amount of time. There is quite a grid of 5000+ Starlink satellites orbiting around us. I just wonder how long it will be before they begin dropping back to earth. Or when another competing entity/country starts trying to disable them.
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13 wrote:
Very nice and cool shots!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you lucky 13!
Appreciate it.
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