Atlas in the Sky with Sparkles
Posted: September 28th, 2021, 5:32 pm
Atlas V: Rocket launch creates strange lights in UK sky
BBC News
Amateur stargazers in the UK were sent rushing for their cameras by strange cone-shaped lights in the sky created by a US rocket.
"The Atlas V, carrying Nasa's Landsat-9 satellite, launched at about 20:00 BST on Monday.
About two hours later it performed a reversing manoeuvre, releasing two glowing clouds of vapour."
BBC News
Amateur stargazers in the UK were sent rushing for their cameras by strange cone-shaped lights in the sky created by a US rocket.
"The Atlas V, carrying Nasa's Landsat-9 satellite, launched at about 20:00 BST on Monday.
About two hours later it performed a reversing manoeuvre, releasing two glowing clouds of vapour."