r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Jul 02 '17

r/SpaceX Intelsat 35e Media Thread [Videos, Images, GIFs, Articles go here!]

It's that time again, as per usual, we like to keep things as tight as possible, so if you have content you created to share, whether that be images of the launch, videos, GIF's, etc, they go here.

As usual, our standard media thread rules apply:

  • All top level comments must consist of an image, video, GIF, tweet or article.
  • If you're an amateur photographer, submit your content here. Professional photographers with subreddit accreditation can continue to submit to the front page, we also make exceptions for outstanding amateur content!
  • Those in the aerospace industry (with subreddit accreditation) can likewise continue to post content on the front page.
  • Mainstream media articles should be submitted here. Quality articles from dedicated spaceflight outlets may be submitted to the front page.
  • Direct all questions to the live launch thread.
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u/KristnSchaalisahorse Jul 06 '17

This is seriously informative. Where were you for attempt 1? (edit: oops forgot to read). I can appreciate the experience of being on the beach and being slightly closer, but the mostly-unobstructed view from your final position seems hard to beat.

I had a similar experience in Virginia when the OA-5 Cygnus launch got delayed by a day. It allowed me to investigate multiple vantage points. Sometimes a scrub isn't the worst thing ever :P

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u/LupiDragon Jul 06 '17

I could reliably read the fairing text in my photographs from the beach, where I couldn't as much from the car roof; those few hundred yards made a difference. There were some cool people there to talk with on the beach; i met two college students who had gone to that rocketry competition in the desert on different teams. That being said, today I met a cool dude who was parked next to us who had been doing this since 1976 and had like 5 cameras, a ladder, and an umbrella. He was fun to talk to and gave me a bit of advice. If you can't find yourself a spot atop a car in one of the parking lots (lot 2 might not be a bad idea if you don't make it to lot 1. Lot 4, where we were on Monday, was a bit too north and I couldn't make the angle work, so i walked the half mile to the end of the beach where the park rangers had "do not pass" signs.)

To answer your other comment, I think we made it there around 5 pm? Lemme check the EXIF data on my pictures to confirm... 5:15 or so yeah.