SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn rocket visible in sky over DC region during Tuesday’s launch

Published: Sep 09, 2024 Duration: 00:01:33 Category: News & Politics

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321. IGNITION AND NOW FALCON. >> THAT WAS EARLIER THIS MORNING AS SPACEX SET UP ITS NEWEST COMMERCIAL VENTURE WITH FOUR ASTRONAUTS. THE POLARIS DAWN BLASTED OFF THIS MORNING JUST AFTER 5 A.M, AND THIS MISSION WILL TEST OUT THE SPACEX DRAGON RESILIENCE SPACECRAFT, CONDUCT A COMMERCIAL SPACEWALK, AND DEMONSTRATE A STARLINK SATELLITE OVER ITS 5 DAY OPERATION. AND MAYBE, MAYBE YOU SAW IT THIS MORNING. BLAST OFF ABOUT 523 THIS MORNING. AND SOME FOLKS ACTUALLY SAW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW ON THE SCREEN. AND SOME OF THESE VIDEOS WERE THIS ONE, I BELIEVE IS FROM THE FREDERICK AREA THIS MORNING. WOW, ACTUALLY, THIS ONE WAS FROM FAIRFAX CITY. SO I HAD ANOTHER ONE FROM FREDERICK. SAW SOME PICTURES ONLINE RIGHT OVER THE CAPITOL IN D.C. >> REALLY REMARKABLE VIDEO. >> YEAH. AND HONESTLY, AND THE CONTRAST ON SOME OF THEM WAS REALLY, REALLY BRIGHT. SO I'M KIND OF BUMMED I WAS WATCHING IT LAUNCH THIS MORNING ON A TV SCREEN HERE. AND I WISH I WOULD HAVE LOOKED UP AND GONE TO OUR ROOFTOPS. >> GEEZ, I MISSED IT TOO, STEVE. >> BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK TO ME IT'S PRETTY RARE TO WHEN SOMETHING THAT LAUNCHES FROM FLORIDA THAT YOU COULD BE YOU SEE HERE, IT'S ASTONISHING. >> IT'S INCREDIBLE. I HAD VIEWERS SEND ME MESSAGES. THEY WERE ON THE BELTWAY AND SAW HOW BRIGHT IT WAS. YEAH. >> IT'S INCREDIBLE. I HAD TO DOUBLE CHECK. I THOUGHT MAYBE DID THEY LAUNCH IT FROM WALLOPS? BUT NO. THIS ONE CAME OUT OF CAME OUT OF FLORIDA. CAPE CANAVERAL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS IN LOWER ORBIT. >> YEAH, I'M NOT QUITE SURE. YEAH. >> PRETTY FASCINATING THOUGH. IT IS COOL TO KEEP AN EYE OUT

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