Friday, December 7, 2018

Rocket launch in skies tonight

If you missed October's spectacular launch, you'll get another chance tonight.


Patch:
The launch Friday night is scheduled for 8:19 p.m. It's the product of a a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing called United Launch Alliance. The launch, a Delta IV Heavy rocket, will be carrying a secretive satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
UPDATE: Delayed until 8:06 PM Saturday.
Posted by at

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousDecember 7, 2018 at 2:36 PM

    Tonight won’t be similar.

    Launch needs to be 30-60 min after sunset for the plume to hit sunlight as in the photo.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_phenomena

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)