Years ago I was out telescoping with my astronomy club at a spot about 50 miles west of Phoenix. Just about an hour or so after sunset, we saw this iridescent orange pillar rising in the west. A Delta with a full complement of Solid boosters had just launched. We were able to follow it long after the solids cut out as the sun illuminated the exhaust plume from the main engines. Staging was quite obvious.

A Spectacular sight, for sure

73 Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Jim Jerzycke Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 10:43 To: B J Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Falcon 9 Successfully Launched

Naw, not really.

Kinda looked like somebody a few blocks away lit off a firework. If you didn't know what it was, you wouldn't have looked twice at it.

Now a NIGHT LAUNCH from VAFB is really something to see!

Jim