Red Glows
Taken by Richard Rast on July 16, 2023 @
Mountainair, New Mexico
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Date Taken: 2023:07:21 18:58:17
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This red glow is from the week's OTHER SpaceX launch, that of Starlink Group 5-15 on July 16 UTC. Apparently ionospheric hole-punching works from above or below, since this red glow lingered after the Falcon 9's second stage deorbit burn.
The other photo shows a second stage deorbit burn after the Starlink Group 6-3 launch on May 19. Because this is a DEORBIT burn, the rocket is actually moving from upper right to lower left.
Other deorbit burns were observed by Apache Point Observatory on May 14 and by Skylapser on July 16. I thank Thomas Ashcroft for
alerting me to the latter.
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