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Author: Michael Riffle

19 September 2022 Michael Riffle

A Launch and a Train

Yesterday evening at 8:18pm SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral.

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8 September 2022 Michael Riffle

Aerial Refueling Near West Point

Late this morning a pair of KC-46 Pegasus tankers from the 77th Aerial Refueling Squadron

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7 August 2022 Michael Riffle

Review: The Space Bar in Titusville

I recently had the opportunity to watch two rocket launches from The Space Bar at

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17 June 2022 Michael Riffle

Bursting Weather Balloons

Now that the jet stream has lifted north for the summer, the weather balloons launched

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5 May 2022 Michael Riffle

Warbirds Over Harris

For the next several days you may be able to hear and see a T-6

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18 April 2022 Michael Riffle

Crew-4 Launch

Update: Launch postponed until Tuesday, April 26, at 4:15am ET. The graphic above is for

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17 April 2022 Michael Riffle

Sonde Tracker³

Sonde Tracker³ is a portable radiosonde tracking device I built using off-the-shelf components. It features

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5 April 2022 Michael Riffle

It’s raining radiosondes!

Today’s severe weather event saw at least 30 radiosonde flights over eastern Alabama and Georgia.

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31 January 2022 Michael Riffle

SpaceX CSG-2 Launch

Earlier this evening SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. Onboard was the

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8 December 2021 Michael Riffle

NWS Radiosonde Changes

The National Weather Service is in the midst of a sweeping radiosonde change at all

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