2024.5.29 (VSFB Field Report)

EarthCARE has been launched safely!!!

I was at Vandenberg Space Center during the launch.
I was in a building about 15km away from the launch pad, and it was cloudy, so for a moment I could see the launch pad brighten up, but it was immediately sucked into the clouds and gone! I couldn't see it!
Wow, EarthCARE really loves clouds!

Then, a delayed sound came! The building was vibrating, creating a powerful sensation that can only be felt at a firing range!

Because it is completely invisible to the naked eye,
JAXA's live launch broadcast
ESA TV
Space X broadcast
I put on all my gear and watched.

The launch was on time! Amazing!!

What's more, there is a camera inside the fairing that holds the satellite, so you can feel like you're riding next to EarthCARE.

The beauty of the moment the fairing opens!!

What a joy it is to have made it this far into space safely!!

I enjoyed it together with the satellite.

And this time, the Falcon 9 first stage rocket has returned right to the launch pad!
It was a cloudy day, so when we returned and landed, the sky at that spot was only a little brighter, but almost at the same time as we landed, we heard the "Bang! Bang!" of the sonic boom of re-entry and we felt it right in our bodies, which got everyone really excited!

Before we knew it, the second stage rocket combustion was over...

As you can see in the picture, EarthCARE-chan has been released into space!!! Beautiful!

Good luck and go!!!
Go! EarthCARE!

©JAXA/ESA/SPACE X

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