"Rockets roar. Photographer Andrew McCarthy captured the moment that a SpaceX Starship roared into space from its launchpad in Texas. Photographing the fiery plumes of the 33 Raptor engines that power the Starship Super Heavy booster proved a technical feat but also required luck. "We can study wind patterns, look at past launches, but ultimately, each one will behave slightly differently due to the chaos of the event," McCarthy says."
"On 19 October, SpaceX launched its 10,000th Starlink Internet satellite into low Earth orbit. Each day, one or two SpaceX satellites fall back to Earth."
A SpaceX Starship launched from a Texas pad, producing fiery plumes from its 33 Raptor engines as the Super Heavy booster ascended. Capturing the launch photographically posed technical challenges and required favorable conditions and luck. Wind-pattern analysis and review of past launches can inform planning, but chaotic factors cause each launch to behave differently. SpaceX also placed its 10,000th Starlink Internet satellite into low Earth orbit on 19 October. A small number of Starlink satellites reenter the atmosphere each day, typically one or two returning to Earth daily.
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