Beautiful photos from Lau Brown for spacenewsfl.com of SpaceX Starlink 8-9 at 4:55 AM EDT July 3rd 2024 taken from Port Canaveral. Liftoff was delayed by a couple hours at SLC-40 once B-1073-16 went verticle early in the morning. 

Lau also captured the noctilucent clouds from the Falcon 9 launch plume across the Spacecoast skies as it was highlighted by the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean.

First stage booster B-1073 was successful in landing on drone ship ASOG downrange.

Photos by Lau Brown for spacenewsfl.com