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It's Not A UFO – It's SpaceX's Satellites You Will See In Boston's Night Sky It's Not A UFO – It's SpaceX's Satellites You Will See In Boston's Night Sky
It's Not A UFO – It's SpaceX's Satellites You Will See In Boston's Night Sky If you see a bright light in the sky the next few nights, don't be alarmed!  After a Falcon 9 launch this weekend, SpaceX's Starlink satellites are expected to pass over Southern New England in the coming nights.  People in the Boston area can expect to see a bright trail in the sky around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday, and 7 p.m. on Thursday, according to WBZ Meteorologist Jacob Wycoff. HEADS UP: @SpaceX Starlink #69 constellation will pass over southern New England with a bright trail in the sky. For Boston, tonight's pass will be around 6:30p from west to east. It's a…

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by David Cifarelli
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SpaceX Launch Baffles Skywatchers Up And Down East Coast SpaceX Launch Baffles Skywatchers Up And Down East Coast
SpaceX Launch Baffles Skywatchers Up And Down East Coast What some first thought was a meteor making its way up the East Coast turned out to be Elon Musk's SpaceX. The Falcon 9 rocket sent Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida just after 7:30 p.m., according to a news release. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/xmjw89AMK6 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 24, 2022 Footage of the rocket was captured about 30 minutes later in Washington DC, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The @SpaceX Starlink launch was just amazingly bright from cen…

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by David Cifarelli & Cecilia Levine