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Yep, I recon it was the military launch that I posted.
The rocket lifted off from Florida at 7.07am which would have been around 9pm at Astrofest.
It then climbed high above the Indian ocean, which would have placed it west for our view.
It then after blasting out of the Atmosphere in 5 minutes lit the second stage for 2 burns to push it into Geo orbit.
It then separated from this stage 51 mins after lift off which would have been about 10pm at Astrofest.
It was just amazing to see this and it was so well defined in Jonathans 20 inch SDM, even with the separate satelite detaching from its ride and seeing both these objects racing away from the giant exhaust plume far out in high orbit above the Indian ocean.
This will stick in my head forever. How lucky we were to see this and to have a 20inch SDM at our disposal.
Matt.
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