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This week was a sad day for Spacex as the test of the SN9 rocket on Tuesday ended with a crash and the rocket landing did not go as planned.
However, this is not Spacex he lost hope and launched his Falcon 9 rocket into space on Thursday to deploy Starlink satellites.
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And the rocket was flying into space, a cameraman managed to capture the Falcon 9 rocket passes the lunar orbit with the moon in the background in quite beautiful and majestic video.
The video was captured by Trevor Mahlmann, who managed to point his camera at the correct angle, capturing the massive 207-foot rocket. The video also shows the long stream of fire leaving a trail as the rocket heads rapidly toward its destination.
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More than 1,000 satellites in space
Falcon 9 was on a mission, Starlink-18, to deploy an additional 60 Starlink satellites in its constellation, bringing the total count to 1,095..
in a conversation With Daily Mail, Mahlman revealed that he used the Canon EOS R5 camera and chose Merrit Island as the point of view for this stunning video. Merrit Island is approximately 17 miles from the Kennedy Space Center, the launch pad for Falcon 9.
He revealed how he initially had plans to shoot the Falcon 9 but it wasn’t really planned, in fact it was more of a last minute decision as he had just gotten home after witnessing the SN9 rocket launch from SpaceX’s Boca Chica, Texas.
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However, unlike the SN9, the rocket also managed to successfully land on the ‘Of course I still love you’ drone ship that was waiting for it at Port Canaveral in Florida.
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While Starlink 18 took off last night, Starlink 17 was scheduled to depart on Monday, but was cleared due to bad weather conditions. Further, Spacex they felt they needed more pre-flight checks.
Look the following video:
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