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SpaceX SAOCOM1A from the Hawks Nest at Vandenberg, A.F.B

 
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Oct 12, 2018 14:03 |  #1

Hey everyone,

Sometimes I am lucky enough to get to travel to Vandenberg to watch various rocket launches. I have been to 4 launches, 2 of them were completely fogged out. This last launch, SpaceX's SAOCOM1A was by far the very best. Conditions were close to perfect and the show that the Falcon 9 put on was amazing. This was also the first time a booster came back and landed successfully on the west coast.


I made a quick stop at SpaceX.

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I got there 45mins before they opened the gate and it was already packed.

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View from the Hawks Nest
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Fueling up.

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Lift Off!
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What goes up and down

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