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SpaceX Rocket Launch Creates Glowing Spiral in the Night Sky

Dying SpaceX rocket triggers giant spiral of light above UK and Europe during secret mission

A giant whirlpool of light, known as a "SpaceX spiral," was recently spotted swirling across the night sky over Europe as a Falcon 9 rocket prepared to reenter Earth's atmosphere after deploying top-secret cargo.

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SpaceX Rocket Launch Creates Glowing Spiral in the Night Sky for Europe

Frozen fuel from the Falcon 9 rocket launched Monday created a luminous display for several minutes, and was seen by people from England to Eastern Europe.

IFLScience on MSN · 1d

Spectacular Spirals In The Sky Over Europe Traced To Classified SpaceX Mission

People across Europe were pretty confused last night, after a giant blue swirl appeared in the sky, lasting several minutes. Rather than a UFO or an ambiguous sign from a vengeful god, the spiral pattern is believed to have been caused by the launch of SpaceX's classified NROL-69 Mission.

Space.com on MSN15d

SpaceX rocket launches NASA SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar probes (video)

As the agency's SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar mission rode toward their orbital stations tonight (March 11) at ...

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SpaceX deploys a batch of 21 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit

March 2 (UPI) --SpaceX on Sunday night launched a Falcon 9 rocket with 21 Starlink satellites into space from Florida's coast. The rocket launched on schedule at 9:24 p.m. EST from Cape ...

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