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Topic:	SpaceX SAOCOM 1A: First VAFB landing

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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#ffffff" FACE="sans-serif">T O P I C     R E V I E W</font></CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="sans-serif">Robert Pearlman</FONT></TD><TD><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="sans-serif"><blockquote><font size="+0"><B>SpaceX SAOCOM 1A mission</B></font><P>SpaceX is targeting Sunday, Oct. 7 at 7:21 p.m. PDT (0221 GMT Oct. 8) for the launch of the SAOCOM 1A satellite from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The SAOCOM 1A satellite is operated by Argentina’s Space Agency, the National Commission on Space Activities (CONAE).<P>Following stage separation, Falcon 9's first stage will return to land at SpaceX's Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Air Force Base. This is SpaceX's first attempt at a land landing on the West Coast. LZ-4 is built on the former site of Space Launch Complex 4W, from which Titan rockets were previously launched.</blockquote> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/spacex_vafb_landingzone4a-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/spacex_vafb_landingzone4a.jpg" width="400" height="225" border="0"></a><P><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/spacex_vafb_landingzone4b-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/spacex_vafb_landingzone4b.jpg" width="400" height="225" border="0"></a><P><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vr_C6LQ7mHc?rel=0&showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen>

Robert Pearlman

This was SpaceX's 30th Falcon 9 first stage landing. From SpaceX mission control:

Vandenberg, LZ-4, the Falcon has landed.

Robert Pearlman

Because the launch occurred soon after sunset, the plumes from the Falcon 9 first stage engines and thrusters were lit by the sun at altitude. SpaceX photos:

Lunar rock nut

This was shot by my niece using her iPhone 10 from San Nicholas Island some 70 miles off the coast.

Aztecdoug

I saw the launch from Huntington Beach, 200 miles from VAFB. It was a spectacular sight. What with the second stage going one way and the first stage going the other way it was simply a sight to see.

A friend says he saw it as far north as Oakland, and there were reports all the way to Arizona that it was visible on social media.

San Nic would have been almost under the flight path, that would have been amazing...

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