"Solarization filter" At 3:46pm (ET) today (Thursday), #SpaceX successfully launched the #Eshail2 payload atop a previously flown #Falcon9 rocket. The first stage would later land atop the "Of Course I Still Love You," positioned 400-ish miles off-shore.
The twice-flown (and twice-landed) #SpaceX #Eshail2 #Falcon9 first stage rocket returned to Port Canaveral this afternoon (Monday, November 19, 2018) aboard the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You." (Photo by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
The 1st launch of 2021 sure was a pretty one. This is the SpaceX Turksat5A rocket, seen in a 180-sec exposure from Palm Shores, 25-ish miles south of Cape Canaveral. (Bonus: Birb) Pic: me / We Report Space