Palomar Mountain News

Want a great view of a SpaceX Launch tonight? Well, my camera just didn’t catch the last one so you have to be here in person or watch on line. Info follows…

Can you make it to one of the lookouts on Palomar tonight? The flatlands have been a little overcast but we should have a crystal clear view with a front row seat up here. Let’s meet up!!! We’ll be at the lookout on State Park Road, just west of the County Road Station, across from Fern Meadow Road.

Thanks Eddy for send the word out about another StarLink train heading to space! They are so much fun to watch. Here is the scoop from Eddy:

From: Eddy Riener

California peeps! Rocket launch at 9:34pm tonight! It takes about 2 MINUTES to see the rocket after liftoff, so check to the West right around 9:35-9:36pm.

What’s super fun to do is to watch the live liftoff on Twitter or YouTube simultaneously on your phone and to see the rocket fly by (with the first stage engines returning and landing also)

This is one of the first launches in a while that’s close enough to sunset to see the glowing contrail… should be beautiful!

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will send another batch of the company’s Starlink internet satellites to orbit tonight, Tuesday the 18th. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 15 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to launch from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday at 9:40 p.m. on July 18 local California time.

You can watch the liftoff live at Space.com, courtesy of SpaceX, or directly via the company. Coverage is expected to begin about five minutes before launch.