Posted on 11/22/2013 4:02:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Star trails arc above a moonlit beach and jetty in this serene sea and night skyscape. Captured on November 19, the single time exposure looks south down the Atlantic coast from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. But the longest and brightest trail is a Minotaur 1 rocket, a stage separation and exhaust plume visible along the rocket's fiery path toward low Earth orbit. The multi-stage Minotaur was launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility at 8:15 pm Eastern Time in Virginia, about 400 miles away. On board were a remarkable 29 satellites destined for low Earth orbit, including a small cubesat built by high school students, and Firefly.
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[Credit & Copyright: Chris Cook]
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I haven't been paying enough attention because I wasn't aware of this facility.
Beautiful picture, unmarred by Cape wind turbines as yet.
WOW!
I like!
For the last several nights, I was able to witness the planet Venus. It was so close.
I didn’t know what it was; it was the brightest star I had ever seen. I hurridly called my nephew (who is a space info source), and he told me it was Venus.
WOW! It was so bright. I’m going to look for it again, after the storm passes.
Liftoff of the Minotaur 1 rocket
Apparently these are microsatellites, it sez here that the Minotaur 1 booster is the smallest of them. Thanks, nice pic!
I was able to see this from my back deck thanks to no leaves on the trees.
Cool picture taken from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The rocks in the foreground look like a dinosaur’s boney spine and tail extending out into the sea.
Watched it for a minute or two rise up, and even caught a/the(?) booster separation, before slowly disappearing above the moon in the northeastern sky from Raleigh, NC about 250 miles to the south.
I was also on the Delmarva about a month ago for another launch and got a great view from about 15 miles northwest of Wallops. Awesome.
Wow! thank you so much for the link. I will be sure and put it in my favorites so I can check it more often.
And .. I’ll let my nephew know he got it wrong.
Thanks.
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