Third launch in around 36 hours coming up for SpaceX in a few minutes. Amazing the pace at which they operate these days.

SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, June 29 for launch of SES-22 to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:04 p.m. ET, 21:04 UTC. A backup launch opportunity is available on Thursday, June 30 with the same window.

The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission previously supported the launch of one Starlink mission. After stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about 10 minutes prior to liftoff.

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T-18:30

Thanks for the heads-up, even though I watched it after the fact, it never gets old...

T-10:00

SpaceX is targeting Thursday, July 7 for a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 9:11 a.m. ET (13:11 UTC), and a backup opportunity is available on Friday, July 8 at 8:49 a.m. ET (12:49 UTC).

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3, and seven Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to Earth and land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff.

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Here we go...

Bad landing?

They confirmed that it was successful. Just lost video.

First image from JWST is in!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">�� Sneak a peek at the deepest &amp; sharpest infrared image of the early universe ever taken — all in a day’s work for the Webb telescope. (Literally, capturing it took less than a day!) This is Webb’s first image released as we begin to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UnfoldTheUniverse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UnfoldTheUniverse</a>: <a href="https://t.co/tlougFWg8B">https://t.co/tlougFWg8B</a> <a href="https://t.co/Y7ebmQwT7j">pic.twitter.com/Y7ebmQwT7j</a></p>&mdash; NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1546621080298835970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

They'll be doing a more formal announcement with other images tomorrow, but this is pretty stunning:

"This slice of the vast universe covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground."

American exceptionalism.

Funny how insignificant in scale we are to the rest of the universe and we spend our time squabbling over a few pieces of ground.

Neil Degrasse Tyson explained that the things that look like...well...stars are stars in our own galaxy (and really aren't very interesting). Everything else in the image is a galaxy.

More images! The one in the bottom left shows five galaxies interacting...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">HUGE congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASA</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/northropgrumman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@northropgrumman</a> and the entire <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JWST?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JWST</a> team!!! They absolutely knocked it out of the park and JWST is already delivering unbelievable images!!! I can&#39;t wait to see what all it discovers in our universe. Today is a great day in history!!! <a href="https://t.co/6x450odZ3Y">pic.twitter.com/6x450odZ3Y</a></p>&mdash; Everyday Astronaut (@Erdayastronaut) <a href="https://twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1546880060007018496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Here's the official press release with some explanations:
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/n...nseen-universe

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">JWST and Hubble Deep Field side by side. JSWT resolution is amazing <a href="https://t.co/u73CjHDA5H">pic.twitter.com/u73CjHDA5H</a></p>&mdash; Xavier Manuel (@XavierM94228601) <a href="https://twitter.com/XavierM94228601/status/1546625122865336321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Gravitational lensing at it's finest.

Gravity strong enough to bend light. Crazy shit out there.