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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch Wednesday Morning.

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Hi all. With only a few clouds I caught four shots of the Falcon 9 launch this morning from my backyard.
Launch 3-9-2022A.JPG
Launch 3-9-2022B.JPG
Launch 3-9-2022C.JPG
Launch 3-9-2022D.JPG
Here are the details from Space.com:
SpaceX launched 48 of its Starlink internet satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday (March 9) at 8:45 a.m. EST (13:45 GMT).
This will be the 4th flight for this Falcon 9's first stage.
"The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Arabsat-6A, STP-2, and COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2," SpaceX wrote in a mission description. "Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to Earth and land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean."
Thanks for looking and I hope that you enjoy them. (I know, yet more satellites :( ).
Marshall
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Very cool, as usual, Marshall!
Thanks very much for sharing!

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Nice catch of the launch Marshall. Have you ever try to follow it with binoculars?
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Hi Andrey. I have used binoculars to view the launch a couple of times and I get a much more detailed view. From my home location, I only have a window of opportunity between the time it clears the trees and house tops to being out of sight of about 2 minutes, but it is always fun to watch. Thanks for looking at my launch pictures Andrey and the best of regards.
Marshall
Sky-Watcher 90mm f/13.8 Maksutov-Cassegrain on motorized Multimount
Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
Orion XT12i 12" f/4.9 Dobsonian Intelliscope.
Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
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