Best tweets, photos of ULA Atlas V launch: Cape Canaveral, Vero Beach, West Palm Beach, DeLand & more
United Launch Alliance launched an Atlas V rocket and Space Force payload from Florida at 6:29 this morning.
The 194-foot rocket took a ballistic missile warning satellite, known as SBIRS GEO-6, on an eastern trajectory after its liftoff from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Clear skies allowed Floridians to get some impressive pictures of the rocket sailing over the Florida coast on its way to outer space.
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Here are some videos and pictures twitter users caught of the rocket after liftoff.
Amazing view from #VeroBeach of the dawn @ulalaunch Atlas rocket launch. pic.twitter.com/e5PmBLQ3tW
— Adam Neal (@TCPalmAdamNeal) August 4, 2022
Nice view of the ULA launch this morning from Port Orange. A SpaceX rocket goes tonight. pic.twitter.com/rdjna0W6k5
— John Gallas (@JohnGallasNJ) August 4, 2022
We caught the ULA Atlas V just before sunrise from Cocoa Beach this morning! It was beautiful! And tonight we will be at the LC-39 viewing gantry at the Kennedy Space Center for the Space X Falcon 9 KPOL. What an exciting day! #ula #AtlasV #launch #cocoabeach #spacex #falcon9 pic.twitter.com/1RBq69svGC
— Mrs. Guglielmo (@MrsGuglielmo) August 4, 2022
Didn’t make the launch site this morning for the launch of the Atlas rocket but this is from our house in Haines City. First one I have seen in daylight and a dawn launch really is spectacular. Hope SpaceX goes up tonight as we will be at Kennedy for it pic.twitter.com/nsLyIWeSaz
— jon davidson (@davidson_jon) August 4, 2022
Breathtaking.
This morning’s launch of a @ulalaunch #AtlasV for the SBIRS GEO-6 mission did not disappoint. pic.twitter.com/NIMgzwxwMT— Morgan Denman (@NASAdesigner) August 4, 2022
ULA Atlas V rocket launch this morning as seen from my balcony.
Launched from Complex 41 a KSC 50+ miles south of Daytona Beach.
Nikon Z9 100-400 & 2x TC pic.twitter.com/OHL5f5xbJn— ShutterDoug (@shutterdoug) August 4, 2022
Dash cam video look at this morning's Atlas 5 rocket launch. Contrail catching the sunrise. pic.twitter.com/ZHJeiDqJUc
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) August 4, 2022
Rainbow rocket launch pic.twitter.com/EULrq9ipPh
— Brett Denevi (@bwdenev) August 4, 2022
Sunrise with a rocket launch pic.twitter.com/3wh19UwYwT
— Tiffany Stephan (@talltiffers) August 4, 2022
Absolutely stunning launch this morning! #ula #atlasv #sbirs pic.twitter.com/epczTVZVwf
— Astro Anthro (@Astro_ANTH) August 4, 2022
This early morning was a blast! 🚀 A United Launch Alliance #AtlasV rocket launched the 6th Space Based Infrared System GEO missile detection and early warning satellite for the @SpaceForceDoD Space Systems Command (SSC) from Cape Canaveral. 🛰️ pic.twitter.com/Iiqt1yHlxG
— Orlando International Airport (@MCO) August 4, 2022
📸 See our @Flickr page for a collection of beautiful photos of today’s #AtlasV #SBIRSGEO6 launch taken by United Launch Alliance. https://t.co/KJcS56LDR8 pic.twitter.com/0rondgXAc0
— ULA (@ulalaunch) August 4, 2022
Great view of the @ulalaunch #AtlasV launch 🚀 from the Orlando Airport. Congrats!!! pic.twitter.com/rU4vs9smmB
— David C Richard (@DavidCRichard) August 4, 2022
This mornings @ulalaunch Atlas V rocket launch from the Jupiter Inlet. #timelapse #ULA #unitedlaunchalliance #atlasv #atlasvrocket pic.twitter.com/0uQpWzFCI1
— Andy Javor Photos (@AndyJavorPhotos) August 4, 2022
Liftoff!
This is your 6:29am wake-up call, Space Coast: Thursday morning, a @ulalaunch #AtlasV 421 launched the 6th & final Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO 6) spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC). pic.twitter.com/P7DDZ7kvWN— Michael Seeley (@Mike_Seeley) August 4, 2022
🚀 #AtlasV zooming up through our atmosphere, as seen from downtown Miami. pic.twitter.com/DMaCyRuzCs
— MALLEUS TEMPUS (@Poozymoto) August 4, 2022
As much as I'd like to be on the space coast for this Florida double header, it's nice that I can still see some of the launches from Tallahassee(260 miles away). Beautiful @ulalaunch launch with #AtlasV 421 for @SpaceForceDoD #SBIRS GEO-6 missile detection and warning satellite pic.twitter.com/OYCcIjA0WB
— Mat-MadeOnEarthFoundInSpace (@MadeOnEarthFou1) August 4, 2022
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