Skies alert: 3rd rocket launch in 3 weeks may be visible in southern Utah

The second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket launched from California as seen from St. George, March 18. A rocket launch from California on Friday evening is likely to be visible from southern Utah.

The second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket launched from California as seen from St. George, March 18. A rocket launch from California on Friday evening is likely to be visible from southern Utah. (Chandler Mitchell, St. George News)


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ST. GEORGE — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from California on Friday evening is likely to be visible from southern Utah – the third launch that can be seen locally in the last three weeks.

The rocket carrying a group of 21 Starlink internet satellites is currently scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 8:31 p.m. MDT. Like Monday's launch and one on March 18, it will have a 55-degree, southeastern trajectory that will allow people throughout southern Utah to see it.

There is a hitch: The weather. The National Weather Service says the forecast for that time is mostly cloudy skies.

But if the skies stay clear enough, expect to see the streak of the first, then the second stage of the rocket in the southwest around 90 seconds after launch.

Read the full article at St. George News.

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