# Having a Blast at Kitt Peak (Alternative View 1)

> Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. McMahon (NSF NOIRLab), CC BY 4.0

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Last updated: 2026-10-28

NSF NOIRLab, Published 2026-10-28

Image: [Having a Blast at Kitt Peak (Alternative View 1)](https://storage.noirlab.edu/media/archives/images/screen/iotw2643b.jpg)

Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. McMahon (NSF NOIRLab), CC BY 4.0

Soaring above the WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope at NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory, a program of NSF NOIRLab, is a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching a satellite into Earth’s orbit. An alternative view of this launch above the Visitor Center Levine 0.4-meter Telescope was featured as a NOIRLab Image of the Week. You can find another view from the Visitor Center Levine 0.4-meter Telescope here.

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## Sources

- NSF NOIRLab: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2643b/
- CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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