W G Hartenstein

@billmeco

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On July 19, 2023 15 launched #Starlink #Satellites are now in #orbit after a #spacex #falcon9 lifted off at 9:09pm from #vsfb

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W G Hartenstein@billmeco · Jul 20

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 24 @Starlink satellites from SLC-4E Vandenberg SFB. Calif. 07-18-2025

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W G Hartenstein@billmeco · Jul 15

SpaceX Dragon and the @Axiom_Space Ax-4 crew reenter Earth’s atmosphere over Southern Calif. and splash down off the coast of San Diego at 2:31 a.m.

billmeco's tweet image. SpaceX Dragon and the @Axiom_Space Ax-4 crew reenter Earth’s atmosphere over Southern Calif. and splash down off the coast of San Diego at 2:31 a.m.

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W G Hartenstein@billmeco · Jul 8

#OTD July 8, 2011 The last #Launch of the #SpaceShuttle program #STS135 #Atlantis #ov104 @KSC #LC39 #Nasa wghartenstein.com

W G Hartenstein@billmeco · Jul 4

OTD July 4 19 years ago #SpaceShuttle #Discovery #STS121 #ov103 #ksc launched to the #ISS wghartenstein.com

W G Hartenstein@billmeco · Jun 25

#SpaceX #Falcon 9 launches 70 payloads to orbit on the #Transporter-14 rideshare mission from #SLC-4E #VSFB June 23, 2025

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W G Hartenstein@billmeco · Jun 24

#OTD 42 years ago Sally Ride landed at #eafb #sts7 STS-7 was #NASA's seventh Space Shuttle mission, and the second mission for the #SpaceShuttle #Challenger

billmeco's tweet image. #OTD 42 years ago Sally Ride landed at #eafb #sts7 STS-7 was #NASA's seventh Space Shuttle mission, and the second mission for the #SpaceShuttle #Challenger

W G Hartenstein@billmeco · Jun 24

OTD 23 years ago a #titan2icbm launched #NOAA M (became NOAA-17) from SLC-4 West #VandenbergAFB The Titan 2 rocket, which once stood as a nuclear-tipped Intercontinental Ballistic Missile in Little Rock, Arkansas from 1969 to 1987 ktb.net/~billmeco/inde…

billmeco's tweet image. OTD 23 years ago a #titan2icbm launched #NOAA M (became NOAA-17) from SLC-4 West #VandenbergAFB The Titan 2 rocket, which once stood as a nuclear-tipped Intercontinental Ballistic Missile in Little Rock, Arkansas from 1969 to 1987 ktb.net/~billmeco/inde…

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SpaceX@SpaceX · Jun 23

T-30 minutes until today’s Falcon 9 launch of the Transporter-14 mission from California. Propellant load is underway

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W G Hartenstein@billmeco · Jun 20

OTD June 19, 1999 a USAF Titan II launched QuickSat for NASA from SLC-4W (which is now LZ-1 for SpaceX Falcon 9 1st Stage landing pad. ktb.net/~billmeco/inde…

billmeco's tweet image. OTD June 19, 1999 a USAF Titan II launched QuickSat for NASA from SLC-4W (which is now LZ-1 for SpaceX Falcon 9 1st Stage landing pad. ktb.net/~billmeco/inde…

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W G Hartenstein@billmeco · Jun 20

#OTD 23 years ago #SpaceShuttle #OV105 #Endeavour landed on #EAFB Rwy 22 on #Mission #STS111. #nasa #ISS

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W G Hartenstein@billmeco · Jun 13

OTD 4 years ago The U. S. Space Force launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (#TacRL -2) mission on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 13 at 1:11am PDT #northropgrumman #30thSpaceWing #SpaceLaunchDelta30 #SpaceForceDoD #Pegasus

billmeco's tweet image. OTD 4 years ago The U. S. Space Force launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (#TacRL -2) mission on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 13 at 1:11am PDT #northropgrumman #30thSpaceWing #SpaceLaunchDelta30 #SpaceForceDoD #Pegasus

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W G Hartenstein@billmeco · Jun 13

#OTD 6 years ago a #SpaceX #Falcon 9 launched #RadarSat from SLC-4E. The #RADARSAT #Constellation Mission (#RCM) is a three-spacecraft fleet of #Earth #observation #satellites operated by the Canadian Space Agency.

billmeco's tweet image. #OTD 6 years ago a #SpaceX #Falcon 9 launched #RadarSat from SLC-4E. The #RADARSAT #Constellation Mission (#RCM) is a three-spacecraft fleet of #Earth #observation #satellites operated by the Canadian Space Agency.

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W G Hartenstein@billmeco · Jun 13

#OTD 2 year ago a #SpaceX #Falcon9 #launched #Transporter8 from #SLC4E . #Transporter 8 was a dedicated #rideshare mission by SpaceX. SpaceX’s #SmallSat #Rideshare #Program provides small #satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to SSO.

billmeco's tweet image. #OTD 2 year ago a #SpaceX #Falcon9 #launched #Transporter8 from #SLC4E . #Transporter 8 was a dedicated #rideshare mission by SpaceX. SpaceX’s #SmallSat #Rideshare #Program provides small #satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to SSO.

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W G Hartenstein@billmeco · Jun 10

#OTD 14 years ago a #Deltall #launched the #SAC-D #Aquarius #Spacecraft from #vafb #vsfb #vandenberg wghartenstein.com

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W G Hartenstein@billmeco · Jun 7

#SpaceX launches #Starlink G11-22 the 500th orbital Falcon rocket on 15th anniversary of the Falcon 9 on June 4, 2025 at 4:40pm from SLC-4E, VSFB.

billmeco's tweet image. #SpaceX launches #Starlink G11-22 the 500th orbital Falcon rocket on 15th anniversary of the Falcon 9 on June 4, 2025 at 4:40pm from SLC-4E, VSFB.

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W G Hartenstein@billmeco · May 28

#OTD 26 years ago #Discovery #OV103 #launched. STS-96 was a #SpaceShuttle mission to the International Space Station (#ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and the first shuttle flight to dock at the International Space Station. ktb.net/~billmeco/sts9…