Posted on 08/07/2023 8:29:42 PM PDT by dragnet2
I think there is a launch in a few minutes out of Vandenberg.
If you're in the west coast/southwest, look to your west, southwest at 8:57, low on the horizon. Give it a minute or two to reach altitude so you can see it. It should be seen as far away as Las Vegas, Phoenix etc..
If they scrub the launch, scrub the thread.
From there, commenting on this launch:
The leaders in the 2023 launch race:
54 SpaceX
31 China
10 Russia
6 Rocket Lab
6 India
American private enterprise still leads China in successful launches 62 to 31, and the entire world combined 62 to 52, while SpaceX by itself leads the world (excluding American companies) 54 to 52.
Where are you in AZ? I looked but didn’t see it from Mesa.
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