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Michael Seeley
@mikeseeley
Photographer, fundraiser, space nerd
Melbourne, Florida
Michael Seeley: Photos of stuff (rockets preferred) We Report Space co-founder Nat Geo contributor President, Health First Foundation All pics = mine (unless credited otherwise)
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The 2nd SpaceX rocket launch today from Florida, with a 3rd set to launch from CA shortly, this is a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a batch of Starlink satellites to space. Many Spring Breakers were on hand to watch the beautiful launch, seen here from Satellite Beach, Florida. Beautiful scene over the Indian River Lagoon Saturday night as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent a batch of Starlink satellites to space. (148-sec exposure from Palm Shores, FL) Full Snow Moon setting Saturday morning behind the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse on the east coast of Florida. A Boeing 757-24APF (reg N461UP) caught photobombing the Moon, seen here Monday night from Melbourne, Florida. Operated by @UPS, flight9745 was flying from Jacksonville (JAX) to Miami (MIA) at 28,000 feet and 439 knots. ( 📷 : me, flight data by @flightradar24) #planespotting A Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR (reg N554NN) passing in front of the Sun, seen through thick clouds Saturday. American Air flt 5110 was flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Freeport (FPO) @ 25k feet & 442 kts as it passed over the Space Coast. ( 📷 :me, flight data by @flightradar24) #Avgeek #plan This is the #SpaceX USSF-52 #FalconHeavy rocket passing in front of the Moon, w/ some bonus images at the end of the (stabilized) video. Wow. Just, wow! (📷:me) The full “Cold Moon” seen over the Space Coast (FL) w/ special guest, a 737-932 jet. Delta flight 1849 was traveling from NYC (JFK) to Cancun (CUN) @ 34k ft & 455 kts. (📷:me, flight data by @flightradar24) At 12:07 am (ET) this (Thurs) morning, #SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a batch of Starlink satellites to space, seen here streaking over the "Rocket Tree Trail", a T-38 trainer, & the Atlantis tank/SRB stack at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Look closely and you'll see the @Space_Station (w/ 7 humans on board) traveling at ~17,500mph as it passed in front of the Beaver Moon (~17 hrs post full) Monday night, seen from Osceola County, FL. It took just .7 secs for the transit. (7-frame composite) #spotthestation It's a beautiful Space Coast night for a rocket launch: That's a Falcon 9 rocket streaking across the sky at 11:20pm (ET) Monday, as #SpaceX sent a batch of Starlink satellites to orbit. This was the view over the Indian River Lagoon from the Eau Gallie Pier in Melbourne. The setting Sun shines through the Fresnel lens at the top of the 175 foot tall Ponce Inlet Lighthouse, seen Sunday (Nov 19) from Ponce Inlet Beach, ~.5 miles away. Saturday night lights, SpaceX-style: At 10:17pm (ET) a Falcon 9 rocket launched from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, sending a batch of Starlink satellites to space. This was the view from Satellite Beach, seen in a 170-sec exposure. Go Atlas! Go Protoflight! At 2:06 pm (ET) Friday, October 6, 2023, an AtlasV rocket sent two prototype satellites to space for Amazon's Project Kuiper, marking the start of the Protoflight mission. Amazon plans to launch 3,236 satellites to increase internet access to underserved l Liftoff!! That wasn't late thunder you may have thought you heard, Space Coast. At 11:38pm Saturday, #SpaceX sent Falcon 9 booster B1060 to space (and back!) for the 17th time. It was a beautiful night for a launch. (📷:me, 309-sec exposure from Titusville, FL) #photography Mighty AtlasV 551 vs. The Sun: At 8:47am Sunday, United Launch Alliance / @ulalaunch sent the #SILENTBARKER satellite to orbit, seen here from Titusville passing in front of the Sun. Go Atlas! Today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day ("APOD"): My shot of the #SpaceX Crew-7 rocket nebula. It still completely blows my mind that there are 4 humans (and a rocket booster returning to launch site) in that cloud. APOD link: Fly me to the Moon: Spirit Airlines flight 1505 passing in front of the waxing Moon, seen Wed from the Space Coast. The Airbus A320 was traveling from Ft Lauderdale (FLL) to Pittsburgh (PIT) at ~29k feet & 488 kts. (📷:me, flight details by @flightradar24) #planespotting #photogra Liftoff! At 11:36pm (ET) Wednesday, SpaceX sent a batch of Starlink satellites to orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket. This was the 56th Falcon 9 launched by SpaceX this year. (📷: me, 143-sec exposure from Cocoa Beach, FL) Superjumbo solar transit: That's @British_Airways flight 206 passing in front of the Sun on its way to London (LHR) from Miami (MIA), seen Wed evening from the Space Coast. The A380-841 was traveling at 35k feet & 459 knots. (📷: me; flight data by @flightradar24) #avgeek At 11:04pm (ET) Friday night, #SpaceX launched a #FalconHeavy rocket, sending the Echostar24 / Jupiter3 payload to space. ~8-mins after launch, the 2 side boosters returned, complete with sonic booms. Wow. Just, wow. Every time I think I'm ready for the sonic booms, I'm never rea
