Tuesday, December 17, 2019

SpaceX Falcon 9 Stunning Nighttime Streak Delivers JCSAT/KACIFIC Asian Internet Comsat to Orbit: Photos


SpaceX Falcon 9 steaks to orbit in this long exposure image from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station delivering JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 comsat to orbit at 7:10 a.m. p.m. ET Dec. 16, 2019.  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com 
16 December 2019

Ken Kremer – For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM 

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FIRCE STATION, FL – A twice recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket put on a stunning sky show at dinnertime tonight, Monday Dec. 16,  streaking to space and darting in and out of clouds that passed over the Cape in the final moments before liftoff from the Florida Space Coast to successfully deliver the Boeing-built JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 broadband internet comsat to geostationary transfer orbit that will serve millions in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.

Read the entire story at Space UpClose:
https://www.spaceupclose.com/2019/12/spacex-falcon-9-stunning-nighttime-streak-delivers-jcsat-kacific-asian-internet-comsat-to-orbit-photos/

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