
A BlackSky commercial satellite captured images on April 29 showing SpaceX's Falcon Heavy lifting off — the vehicle's first flight in 18 months. The liftoff followed a last-minute scrub on April 27 and completed the mission that placed the final ViaSat-3 communications satellite on its way to geostationary transfer. The orbital photos provide a rare vantage of the heavy-lift rocket and its exhaust plume from space.
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