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July 3, 2024 5:55 AM
Launch Complex 40, at the Kennedy Space Center Florida

Rocket-Fueled Noctilucent Clouds photos (below my launch photos)

PHOTOS
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Pre-Launch Overview
Overview Annotated
LOX Loading

LOX Load Complete
Ignition!
Leaving Pad

Cleared Tower
In Clouds
Leaving Clouds Behind

Up and Away
Contrails
Contrails Continue

NorthEast Bound
Colorful
More Color!

High Above
Patriotic Colors
Throttle Back 1

Throttle Back 2
Nearing Stage Seperation
Far Away Stage 1

Stage 1
Timelapse - Rocket Path
StageSep 1

StageSep 2
Fairing Seperation 1
Fairing Seperation 2

Closeup 1
Closeup 2
Closeup 3
Rocket Farther away


Below:
Rocket-Fueled Noctilucent Clouds
with reflections on the Lagoon,
Plus the Moon with Earthshine, Jupiter, and the Pleiades and Aldebaran

 After the rocket went up, over the next 45 minutes, these clouds formed from the rocket's exhaust in the upper atmosphere.
As the rocket streaks through the mesosphere, water-rich vapors emerging from the engine form a frosty rime around specks of meteor debris.
These meteor-seeded ice crystals together make a noctilucent cloud.

NLCs naturally form from water vapor rising from the surface of Earth in summer, which gradually moves up to the edge of space.
Rockets, by exhaust spraying water vapor into the mesosphere, greatly accelerate this process. The Cape Canaveral display on July 3rd is a great example!

Rocket Exhaust: Start of Noctilucent Cloud
Rocket Trail Noctilucent Cloud
Noctilucent Cloud Annotated

Balcony View
Closeup
Real Close up!

Near Sunrise
Noctilucent Closer
Noctilucent Fading

Noctilucent Fading Away
Sunrise
Another Sunrise View


VIDEO

Pre-Launch
Camera 3
High Power Tracking
Camera 1

Camera 2 Lower Power Overview
Camera 2
Stage 2 High Power
Camera 1
Mission: 20 Starlink satellites Group 8-9 (7 Starlink v2 Mini and 13 Starlink Direct To Cell satellites)
Booster: B1073
 Booster history: 15 missions: Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, SES-22, Hakuto-R M1, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1 plus 10 Starlink.
Booster recovery: Drone Ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas' (ASOG)
Fairing recovery: Bob

Stats:
SpaceX's 70th launch of the year and the 1st launch of the month.
SpaceX's 195th launch from SLC-40.
351st orbital flight, 178th launch dedicated to Starlink.
253rd successful landing, 76th landing on ASOG (out of 76 attempts).




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