Last night, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5:27 pm Pacific time. The launch happened around 30 minutes after the sunset in Southern California. The launch was a major success carrying 10 Iridium Next communications satellites into orbit. But the launch did something interesting, it provided a major show for people living across Southern California and the Southwest United States. In the videos below, you see the Falcon 9 streaking across the sky then leaving behind this glowing plume that left people jaw’s dropped! This was some really amazing stuff!
It’s way too short, but here’s a brief time-lapse of it looking over downtown Phoenix! Wish I had been more prepared and time-lapsed it from the very beginning! #spacexlaunch #Falcon9 @elonmusk #SonyA7RIII pic.twitter.com/xYiNkgSKgm
— Mike Olbinski (@MikeOlbinski) December 23, 2017
Here's my video of tonight's @SpaceX launch as it shot over SoCal, compressed to 20 seconds. Such a great sight to see. #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/VHbNeMDT8N
— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) December 23, 2017
Space X lights up the sky in Orange County tonight! #SpaceX #rocketlaunch #OrangeCo #CA @spann @weatherchannel pic.twitter.com/2cBoVE9TcT
— Suz4 (@mamarazzi4) December 23, 2017
Nuclear alien UFO from North Korea pic.twitter.com/GUIHpKkkp5
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 23, 2017
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 from Vandenberg AFB,CA,https://t.co/sFmBt36hMv
— Norah O. AlOmair (@NorahAlOmair) December 23, 2017
Baffling, dramatic images of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching over Santa Monica Bay #LosAngeles #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/1RNmInkZ0d
— Joshua Berson (@bersonphoto) December 23, 2017
SpaceX Falcon 9 launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base. This is my view from Oceanside, CA #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/FOdAWRCOhZ
— ᴊᴀᴍᴏɴ🇦🇸 (@iAmJamon) December 23, 2017
The UFO y’all think you saw was the Space X Falcon 9 launch.
Thanks to @elonmusk for trolling us all. pic.twitter.com/EGTnc9CrwH
— Ali the ¢abbage (@AliMaadelat) December 23, 2017
Best Disneyland attraction ever: #SpaceX #Falcon9 rocket launches 10 #Iridium4 satellites into orbit from #Vandenberg AFB, tonight at dusk. pic.twitter.com/CkV8pKeN7K
— J Michael Waller (@JMichaelWaller) December 23, 2017
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