Who’s up for a very early morning (or very late night) rocket launch? Another one from Cape Canaveral, Florida, is scheduled to lift off on March 4, just as the Sunshine State preps for spring break.
SpaceX plans to send a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit early morning on Wednesday.
Though rockets here launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, people from the Treasure Coast can sometimes see this phenomenon.
Weather permitting and depending on cloud cover and trajectory, a rocket launch from Florida’s Space Coast could be visible as far north as Jacksonville Beach and as far south as West Palm Beach.
When there’s a launch window in the middle of the night or very early morning, there’s an opportunity for unique photos — the rocket lights up the dark sky, and the contrail after makes for a great photo.
Below is more information on the next rocket launch from Florida and suggestions on where to watch it from the Treasure Coast.
For questions or comments, email USA TODAY Network Space Reporters Rick Neale at rneale@floridatoday.com, Brooke Edwards at bedwards@floridatoday.com or Eric Lagatta at elagatta@usatoday.com. For more space news from the USA TODAY Network, visit floridatoday.com/space.
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This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: Florida SpaceX rocket launch, watch liftoff from Sebastian, Vero Beach
Reporting by Lianna Norman, Jennifer Sangalang, Rick Neale and Brooke Edwards, USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida / Treasure Coast Newspapers
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