Two Launches from Cape Canaveral in One Day! First Time in 55 Years!

I've just realized that I've not heard anything about Europe in space for at least a year. If we were still in the EU we would be paying for it though.

Ok, I've had enough of the stalking, doxxing and threats against me. AC posting is once again revoked on my threads. This is why we can't have nice things. If you try to do anything to me, I will defend myself. You will not succeed. Bring it on, bitch.

Ok, I've had enough of the stalking, doxxing and threats against me. AC posting is once again revoked on my threads. This is why we can't have nice things. If you try to do anything to me, I will defend myself. You will not succeed. Bring it on, bitch.

This is exactly why I don't understand that the government never congratulate Elon Musk for the contribution towards progress.

For some reason, the Biden administration don't like him.

Don’t feed them! They come back when you feed them!

Last week I filmed two launches from Cape Canaveral in one day, a first in my lifetime.

The last time two launches blasted off from the cape this close together was 1967. With the advent of automated flight termination systems, it's no longer necessary to reconfigure a bunch of ground equipment to enable ground-based tracking for sending termination signals to blow up an errant rocket if it should become necessary. The rocket itself uses GPS and its own onboard computer to activate its range safety system (self destruct system) if it detects that it's going off-course. This significantly reduces the turnaround time necessary for Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to support a launch. This made back to back launches possible for the first time in 55 years.
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I am about 125 miles SW of the Cape. The launches go up right at the end of my street. The night launches are spectacular. We also witnessed 2 different shuttle launches at the viewing area at the cape years back.

Yes, let's. Missile early warning satellites are actually vital for defense and one of the few things the federal government is supposed to be doing. The other is a lunar explorer launch paid by South Korea. SpaceX has brought the launch market back to the US and singlehandedly put the US back on top for orbital launches, where it should be.
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You're welcome.

Were you actually at the cape the day of the launches? As a kid I got to see a number of launches from close up. My parents would go to the Polaris motel in Cocoa almost every other weekend during the summer. I spent so much time in the sun I almost changed my race...hahaha.

Gotta get all those new IRS satellites up and running...