Anyone see the SpaceX launch early morn?

[DeanFL]

I woke up really early and decided to listen to radio news. They mentioned the upcoming launch, think it was about 5:30am. Just after takeoff I looked out east...OMG! the flare and view-even from our distance away- was spectacular. The very slight cloud cover out east made the rocket's flames glow with a super long trail up and to the north.

If you ever have a chance to see a night or early morn launch - do it. This one was a space station resupply mission.

[dotti105]

I’ll bet it was spectacular!

We used to watch them all the time when we lived in Clearwater. Even from across the state they were great to watch.

Unfortunately I remember pulling over in traffic, as we often did to watch a launch, and saw the Challenger go up. I will never forget that sight as it split into 3 pieces. I think that actually traumatized me. Then of course it was replayed over and over.

Since then I have lost my enthusiasm for watching the launches, as amazing as they are.

[EdFNJ]

Didn't see this one (way too early :) ) but did see Space-X Falcon Heavy launch back in early February over the back of our house. It was around 3 in the afternoon and we could see the flare and contrail for a short time. That's the one that launched the Tesla into space.

[Fairmount]

Saw it live

[Fairmount]

I also saw it and grabbed my phone camera