NOIRLab image of the week
Rocket Launch Dazzles Kitt Peak Visitors
Release date: May 7, 2025
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2519a/
𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗯𝗶𝗷 𝗙𝗖 𝗨𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁
Davy van den Berg keert terug bij FC Utrecht. De middenvelder verlaat PEC Zwolle transfervrij aan het einde van dit seizoen en tekent een driejarig contract bij de club waarvoor hij van 2019 tot en met 2022 ook in actie kwam.
https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/sport/artikel/5508088/middenvelder-van-den-berg-keert-terug-bij-fc-utrecht
https://www.01net.com/actualites/stratolaunch-plus-grand-avion-au-monde-largue-une-fusee-hypersonique.html
#Stratolaunch #TalonA2 #VolHypersonique #TechnologieMilitaire #Mach5 #DéfenseUS #AéronautiqueAvancée #TestHypersonique #PaulAllenLegacy #EnvergureRecord #PrototypeAérien #Vandenberg #GyroscopeInertiel #NorthropGrumman #MachTB #StratégieHypersonique #EssaisRéussis
https://www.europesays.com/uk/54277/ Firefly Alpha set to launch FLTA006 Message In A Booster mission #Alpha #firefly #FireflyAerospace #FLTA006 #MessageInABooster #MLV #Science #SLC2W #Space #UK #UnitedKingdom #Vandenberg #VandenbergSpaceForceBase
RT @NewsChannel312 - #SpaceX plans to launch 27 Starlink satellites in support of a Falcon 9 Rocket from #Vandenberg Space Force Base at 3:41pm Sunday (tomorrow)
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Central Coast residents may feel the #sonicboom from the impact of the launch.
"Launch Alert
Vandenberg SFB Guardians and airmen are scheduled to support the Firefly Alpha FLTA006 launch of the Message in a Booster mission from Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2). The launch window is targeted no earlier than 6:37 a.m. - 7:29 am PT, Sunday, April 27. If needed, backup opportunities will available Monday, April 28 until Thursday, May 1 at 6:37 a.m. - 7:29 a.m. PT.
A live webcast of the Alpha FLTA006 Message in a Booster will begin about 50 minutes prior to liftoff in collaboration with NASASpaceflight.
There is the possibility that residents of and visitors to Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties may hear one or more sonic booms during the launch, but what residents experience will depend on weather and other conditions."
(via Vandenberg AFB)
Vandenberg – Too Late
Anyone in Santa Barbara/Ventura County tired of being startled by sonic booms at all hours of the night, here's the Vandenberg launch alert email/phone signup page.
It's expected these may dramatically increase with the owner of those rockets now exerting direct control over the US government. This won't fix that problem, but at least you will know when they are coming.
https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDODSFVANDENBERG/signup/41755
Vandenberg AFB with a 5:30am Easter wakeup call. US military launch, on the rocket of a man with a spazzy right arm attempting to sink the US government and make himself richer.
Launch Alert
"Vandenberg SFB Guardians and Airmen are scheduled to support a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-145 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E). Liftoff is targeted for 5:29 a.m. PT, Sunday, April 20. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Monday, April 21 starting at 5:08 a.m. PT."
Hey, it's a non-oligarch space launch in Santa Barbara, tomorrow, April 16th, 2025 from Vandenberg AFB:
" Launch Alert
Vandenberg SFB Guardians and Airmen are scheduled to support a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV launch of the NROL-174 mission from Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8) no earlier than 12:33 p.m. PT, Wednesday, April 16.
This will be the first Minotaur IV to launch from Vandenberg SFB since 2011.
There is the possibility that residents of and visitors to Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties may hear one or more sonic booms during the launch, but what residents experience will depend on weather and other conditions."
Hmm, I did nat see there was a launch today. (but I did hear the sonic boom, figured as much). I no longer have any interest in these launches.
New Artist announced for Graspop Metal Meeting 2025: Vandenberg
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Another rocket launch from Vandenberg (shifted to Friday, NROL-57) #vandenberg #sonicboom #SantaBarbaraCounty #SantaBarbara
Missile launch planned for Vandenberg tomorrow, 3/19/25 between 7:30am and 8:00am PT #Vandenberg #launch #rocket #missile
https://www.edhat.com/news/u-s-army-schedules-test-launch-from-vandenberg-on-wednesday/
𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 (26) 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘁 𝗼𝗺 𝗴𝗲𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗱𝘀𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗻
Lars van den Berg (26) stopt om gezondheidsredenen met wielrennen. Dat meldt zijn ploeg Groupama-FDJ via X. De Nederlander raakte in februari vorig jaar op de fiets even buiten bewustzijn en kwam sindsdien niet meer in actie.
Interesting they don't put TFRs under the launch path of those rockets. (restricted area around the launch site is permanent). #Vandenberg
"..Orbital Test Vehicle concludes seventh successful mission
"
"..X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7) .. successfully deorbited and landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, March 7, 2025 at 02:22 a.m. EST."
".. the first launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket to a Highly Elliptical Orbit."
"The seventh mission remained on-orbit for over 434 days."
7.3.2025
NASA space missions expected to launch tomorrow out of Vandenberg AFB. (non-Nazi satellites launched by rockets run by a CEO whose arm has been possessed by the Third Reich...) #rocket #launch #vandenberg #SantaBarbara #sonicboom