Most of the SpaceX Falcon launches we see from the house are Dragon CRS missions headed toward the ISS, so I wasn’t expecting to be able to see today’s Falcon Heavy USSF-67 launch since it was supposed to be headed to a geosynchronous orbit.
We stepped outside to have a look anyway just in case and much to my surprise, we saw the exhaust trail pretty clearly a little bit lower toward the horizon. This photo was a couple minutes after the launch and just after the side boosters separated.
Here the side boosters have begun turning back toward their landing pads while the center booster continues on.
The two side boosters are visible as two specks of light. After this, we could see them flash every now and then as their steering jets fired.
This was the first time we’d seen a Falcon Heavy and the two side boosters from the house. It was pretty cool.
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