Falcon Heavy launch and boosters side by side landing
Channel: Sights of Space
Date: 2023-08-03

Beyond the Redstone, the 8 minute long exposure has captured the arcing launch streak of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.  The Falcon's heavy communications satellite payload, at a record setting 9 metric tons, is bound for geosynchronous orbit some 22,000 miles above planet Earth. Near the top of the frame, this Falcon rocket's two reusable side boosters separate and execute brief entry burns. They returned to land side by side at Canaveral's Landing Zone 1 and 2 in the distance. Image Credit & Copyright: Matt Haskell Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)