The SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts the JCSAT-18/Kacific1 satellites to orbit while Starship awaits its time to light up the Florida sky. This shot might not be possible much longer, as SpaceX moves forward with Starship development. No one outside the company knows how much longer this build site will be used, so I took the opportunity to shoot from across the pond,
Sometimes your camera captures something you could never plan for. That was the case with this photo. A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off, carrying 60 Starlink satellites, telling this little bird it was time to leave.
Falcon 9 lifts off, carrying 60 Starlink satellites - the first operational batch. Over the coming months, SpaceX will continue launching more, until there are enough to offer global internet coverage through receivers the size of a pizza box, as they put it.