TESS deployed over Western Australia

[glend]

Just watched the SpaceX launch of the TESS mission. It has an interesting orbit, way out from Earth. The Falcon 9 second stage boosted it to 600kms high and released it over Western Australia, climbing away from Earth. Good video all the way, worth watching. Apparently TESS is doing a lunar flyby to position it in its 232K mile high orbit for operation of the mission.
E Musk apparently messaged about bringing the second stage back using a large drag balloon and a "Catcher Ship", I would like to see that!

[LewisM]

I saw a trail in the sky over Canberra last night that I commented to my wife looked suspiciously like a rocket plume trail. I wonder if it was? It definitely did NOT look at all like a regular vapour trail.

[glend]

Lewis, it was launched this morning. Your sighting must have been something else.

[LewisM]

Tis a shame. It was a weird looking trail. Must've been a chemtrail :lol: