Rocket Launch Makes Stunning Sight Over Bucks County


The launch as seen from Bucks County.
Credit: Joe Carole/Submitted

Those up early Sunday morning witnessed a stunning sight overhead.

A bright plume headed across the East Coast and was visible from Lower Bucks County just past 6 a.m. The plume from company SpaceX’s rocket expanded as the craft headed to space after launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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The company said the rocket was delivering a payload of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit.

The launch is one of a number in recent years that has been visible from the Levittown area.

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