Posted: 12/3/2013 1:46:29 PM EDT
| Any of you central Fla. Guys see that just went up? |
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I missed it. The wife saw it.
She said it was beautiful. The the dark-blue eastern sky was lit up by the fireball, with the setting sun turning the smoke trail bright pink. Sorry I missed it, but glad she got to. She's usually the one to miss them, since I work outside I get to see most of them (if its not too cloudy). |
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December 2, 2013 Falcon 9 • SES
Launch Time: 5:41 pm-7:07pm Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Space X rocket launch of the SES 8 communications satellite that will provide Ku-band and Ka-band direct-to-home broadcasting and network services over the Asia-Pacific region. |
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Space X , probably this country's last hope for a real space program. Spaces X already resupplys the space station and has a rocket that can lift just under the payload of ths Saturn V moon shot rockets. Company is privately owned by Tesla car manufacturer Elon Musk.
http://www.spacex.com/falcon-heavy |
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It looked real weird from East Orlando. Actually looked like a launch gone bad. I came inside to check news coverage to see if it did breakup, and there wasn't anything on any of the news channels. Pretty cool, and at least we have something now that STS is dead. |