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It's hard to make out in this photo, but there are a bunch of kayaks on the shore down below, as a group of campers set up for the night.
This was near Assawoman, on the mainland side of the spaceport. NASA set up a press viewing area on Radar Rd.
The first 60 seconds were at f/2.8, then I stopped the lens down to f/22. The streaks are there, they are just very faint (look at Procyon)
None this time, thankfully! I've been here in May for a launch and nearly been eaten alive.
It has a date with the International Space Station.
7:19am EST, November 12, 2017 from Wallops Island, in Virginia.
Occasionally we report things on their way to space, but thanks for keeping us honest! :)
Edit: This is the CRS OA-8 mission; can't edit the typo above.
No, successful launch & first stage landing. Satellite deployment will come a little later.
Yes, our agency is covering this mission, and will have photos on our website and social networks following liftoff.
Apologies! I was just listing endpoints. I loved seeing the 611 in Bedford, passing under Bridge Street.
Not their first landing, but their first launch for the NRO.
Delta IV is my favorite (currently flying) rocket, and in my opinion, the most photogenic.
Sadly, Imgur does not allow editing titles once they're posted :(
Protection: the paint acts as a heat shield and the coating provides a controlled amount of burn time / heat build up.
Nothing blown up; launching a communications satellite for the US armed forces.
Yes, most likely due to Hurricane Matthew last year.
It's not impossible -- the Russian space agency has transported "space tourists" to the ISS, but the price is steep, ranging from 20-40 mil.
Unintentional; it must have fallen out when I was rearranging: Favorite SpaceX image of 2016:
Thank you! There will be more launch photos to come in 2017 :)
Photo credit: Bill Jelen / We Report Space
Right now, this IS the source. Mike sent it to me after he shot it so I could post it. We'll have more up soon: http://wereportspace.com
GOES-R is a weather satellite: http://www.goes-r.gov
Very true. This is why we use sound-activated remote camera triggers for these photos.
Photo by Michael Seeley / WeReportSpace.com
Satellite launch for Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation.
We didn't have to surrender our mobile phones while setting up remote cameras yesterday, so it's *probably* not ELINT...
Left is launch, right is re-entry and landing.
True 8 minutes; this was a single 483 second exposure shot on a Canon 60Da body.
Yes, JCSAT-14 and Thaicom 8 were both delivering communications satellites to higher orbits, which meant their re-entry was more violent.
It's hard to make out in this photo, but there are a bunch of kayaks on the shore down below, as a group of campers set up for the night.
This was near Assawoman, on the mainland side of the spaceport. NASA set up a press viewing area on Radar Rd.
The first 60 seconds were at f/2.8, then I stopped the lens down to f/22. The streaks are there, they are just very faint (look at Procyon)
None this time, thankfully! I've been here in May for a launch and nearly been eaten alive.
It has a date with the International Space Station.
7:19am EST, November 12, 2017 from Wallops Island, in Virginia.
Occasionally we report things on their way to space, but thanks for keeping us honest! :)
Edit: This is the CRS OA-8 mission; can't edit the typo above.
No, successful launch & first stage landing. Satellite deployment will come a little later.
Yes, our agency is covering this mission, and will have photos on our website and social networks following liftoff.
Apologies! I was just listing endpoints. I loved seeing the 611 in Bedford, passing under Bridge Street.
Not their first landing, but their first launch for the NRO.
Delta IV is my favorite (currently flying) rocket, and in my opinion, the most photogenic.
Sadly, Imgur does not allow editing titles once they're posted :(
Protection: the paint acts as a heat shield and the coating provides a controlled amount of burn time / heat build up.
Nothing blown up; launching a communications satellite for the US armed forces.
Yes, most likely due to Hurricane Matthew last year.
It's not impossible -- the Russian space agency has transported "space tourists" to the ISS, but the price is steep, ranging from 20-40 mil.
Unintentional; it must have fallen out when I was rearranging: Favorite SpaceX image of 2016:
Thank you! There will be more launch photos to come in 2017 :)
Photo credit: Bill Jelen / We Report Space
Right now, this IS the source. Mike sent it to me after he shot it so I could post it. We'll have more up soon: http://wereportspace.com
GOES-R is a weather satellite: http://www.goes-r.gov
Very true. This is why we use sound-activated remote camera triggers for these photos.
Photo by Michael Seeley / WeReportSpace.com
Satellite launch for Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation.
We didn't have to surrender our mobile phones while setting up remote cameras yesterday, so it's *probably* not ELINT...
Left is launch, right is re-entry and landing.
True 8 minutes; this was a single 483 second exposure shot on a Canon 60Da body.
Yes, JCSAT-14 and Thaicom 8 were both delivering communications satellites to higher orbits, which meant their re-entry was more violent.