Incredible light with dramatic skies in the background helped to create these amazing liftoff photos from my remote cameras out on the edge of SLC-40 for this 7:30 PM EDT liftoff SpaceX Turkey Turksat 6A satellite mission July 8th 2024.
We experienced at least 3 to 4 new T-0 time changes due to lightning & storms crossing over the launch pad earlier starting at 5:21 PM at window open. But later they created a beautiful background for this launch.
Turksat 5A launched on
January 2021 & Turksat 5B launched on December 2021 from Cape Canaveral Florida also.
Per
spacex.com/launches the company now has 364 total launches, 328 total landings, and 297 re-flown boosters to this date.
Thanks to SpaceX and the 45th Space Wing for allowing this access to media!