Was that a Vandenberg missle shot this evening?

[SHRED]

Still a little showing over the Pacific.

ON EDIT.. yes it was.

[hlthe2b]

1. to the poor folks of the Marshall Islands and Kwajalein Atoll

hmmm.

[Codeine]

2. SpaceX from Vandenberg.

Freaked my father-in-law out. He genuinely thought they were Korean missiles. #foxnewspoisoning

[Iliyah]

3. Well folks . . .

Testing 1. . .2. . .3

[Irish_Dem]

4. It was a Falcon 9, scheduled flight of a communication satellite.

Here is the information from the Vandenberg AFB Website


DEC 22 17:27:34 Falcon 9 SLC-4E Vehicle will launch Iridium Next commercial communications satellites 31-40. This launch occurs 30 minutes after Vandenberg AFB sunset. The rocket's bright flame should be visible over a wide area. The launch could be impressive beginning at T+ 2 minutes 12 seconds when simulations show the exhaust plume will be illuminated at high altitude by the sun.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

5. It might have been. Here's a link reporting Vandenberg launches

http://www.spacearchive.info/vafbsked.htm

Here's a story about the launch.

Here's a link to live coverage of the mission.

[Kali]

6. we saw it in S E AZ!

pretty cool!

[Zorro]

7. Looking forward to the Falcon Heavy launch at the Cape next month

That is going to be some kind of awesome.