A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:04 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, carrying the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission.
Photos published by Florida Today show the rocket’s exhaust gases spreading through the upper atmosphere in the shape commonly called a “space jellyfish.” The effect was visible after liftoff from Launch Complex 40.
The launch was spotted well beyond the Space Coast. Images documented views from near Viera Boulevard and Rockledge in Brevard County, as well as New Smyrna Beach, Juno Beach Pier and near the Sanibel Causeway in Southwest Florida.
Observers at several of those locations watched the Falcon 9 streak across the morning sky shortly after sunrise.
