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To: Swordmaker

Why low possibility? There are news reports that last evening this attempted satellite launch failed to reach orbit and the satellite and 20 mini satellites all burned up in earth’s atmosphere.


81 posted on 11/29/2017 8:46:47 AM PST by Buckeye Battle Cry (Beer! Because you can't drink bacon!)
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To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Why low possibility? There are news reports that last evening this attempted satellite launch failed to reach orbit and the satellite and 20 mini satellites all burned up in earth’s atmosphere.

Low possibility because it was not visible from 15 miles away at my daughter's house nor from 45 miles away at my client's house and both had equally excellent viewing. It seems to have been purely localized to my very small area. Satellite falls from the sky are seen across a very wide swath of the country, not just over a itty-bitty area.

One other thing, those sparkling whatevers are back in the trees tonight. We did not get out soon enough to see if the "meteors" preceded them or not. We went out at 9:25PM and they were already in the tree tops, flitting around and sparkling, flying in and through the fronds, but not as brightly as last night with only a couple of them sparking as brightly as a lot had done last night. I got the impression we were at the tail end of the settling in.

I took some more photos but they are less productive of usable images than those taken last night. RATS.

87 posted on 11/30/2017 12:08:07 AM PST by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
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