[Scan-DC] Minotaur Launch - visible from Beltsville/Silver Spring MD

[Ed Tobias]

Fabulous view from the balcony of our apt in Ocean City.  First saw it, just to our south, about 20 seconds after lift-off and was easily able to see the first stage separate.  Second stage sep was also seen with naked eye but, of course, by then it was just a small dot.  Disappeared right after that.

Lots of "oos" and "ahs" from people on the beach below us.

Ed

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On Sep 7, 2013, at 8:30 AM, N4JOG <n4jog at comcast.net> wrote:

> I watched the launch from the roof top of a 5 story condo building in Woodbridge VA.  It was visible for about 3.5 minutes.  I was able to see the entire 1st stage burn, 2nd stage ignition, and 2nd stage burn for about a minute or so.  Then it was gone.
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> On Sep 7, 2013, at 0:01, Robert Fisher <rwfisheriv at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> It was easily visible from New Market, MD through second stage burnout.  Was not able to catch the third stage however.  Was much brighter than expected.
>> 
>> On Sep 6, 2013, at 23:54, "Rick Hansen" <Rick.Hansen at apsglobal.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> It was visible at 11:28PM, heading roughly northward, and it looks like the
>>> first stage burned out just as it became visible. The 2nd stage started a
>>> few seconds later and was visible from 11:28PM to 11:30PM, when it burned
>>> out. It looked like you could see smoke in the sky behind the 1st and 2nd
>>> stages. No sight of the 3rd stage. The rocket burned with an orange light,
>>> and the smoke trails looked like a dark patch in the sky, just a little
>>> brighter than the background. It would have been spectacular away from city
>>> lights. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Also - Those ICMB motors get the payload into orbit quickly.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> May we all listen well and often,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> R.
>>> 
>>> 
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