Hello all! I just recorded this today in Nanaimo, Canada and have no idea what it could be, so I’m posting it here hoping someone here knows lol
They were two lights, one small and one big. The big or “glowing” one was following the smaller one. Clear skies, no clouds or fog. Travelling slowly. I couldn’t tell how far they were. First time seeing something like this.
Time: February 19th, 7:08pm.
Location: Nanaimo, Canada.
by icantellx
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SpaceX rocket
Someone just posted this from my community – Orcas Island, WA. SpaceX, I guess??
It’s always a friggin spacex rocket bud
Seen in Colwood/Langford about 700-715 ish. Was really bright thought it was a helicopter with searchlight at first.
I just saw this in Campbell River. It traveled across the sky from the moon to Orion belt where it was joined by another light. Unfortunately there was too much light pollution from traffic and street lights for a photo
Don’t believe the times match for SpaceX. Launch was 8:41 PM EST. Satellites were deployed into low Earth orbit approximately 1 hour and 3 minutes after the launch.
Low earth orbit is 60 km (about 100 miles) to 2,000 km (about 1,240 miles) up. Objects in LEO travel about 8,000 km per hour or 17,500 mph. The Falcon 9 typically vents its fuel before it deorbits & burns up over the Indian Ocean, or sometimes the Pacific Ocean.
I don’t understand how the OP could’ve seen the SpaceX 2nd stage rocket at 7pm.
[https://www.spacex.com/launches/sl-10-36](https://www.spacex.com/launches/sl-10-36)
> On Thursday, February 19 at 8:41 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
5:41 PST launch. It takes about 90 minutes to complete an orbit. 5:41 + 90 minutes = ~7:11 PST. Right around your sighting time.
Looking at the direction of launch, it would have circled back over you around that time. https://i.imgur.com/DuqzkmK.png
Saw this too in Central Saanich at 7:09pm. South sky, travelling west to east.