SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch Tuesday morning

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Hi all. A mostly cloudy morning with some light fog here but I got four shots of the Falcon Heavy SpaceX launch at 9:41 am EDST in between the clouds from my backyard. The launch was followed with a very loud rumble and the double sonic booms. See photos below:

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On Tuesday, November 1 at 9:41 a.m. ET, Falcon Heavy launched the USSF-44 mission into a geosynchronous Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission is expected to deploy two spacecraft payloads directly into geosynchronous orbit, one of which is the military's TETRA 1 microsatellite. The Falcon Heavy's two side boosters will land at SpaceX's Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This was the first launch and landing of these Falcon Heavy side boosters, which will be prepared for re-flight on a future U.S. Space Force mission later this year.
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Excellent images Marshall!

What a view from your backyard!!!!!
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Wow, great images through the clouds again, Marshall!
Thanks very much for sharing!

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Thanks for sharing the pics Marshall. Good stuff!
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Nice! Thanks for sharing!
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