Could Be Seen From Tracking Station Groundhog, A record breaking 29 satellites.....

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A record breaking 29 satellites took a ride on an American Minotaur I rocket today from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

[video=youtube;radXbbDbkyM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=radXbbDbkyM[/video]

Dazzling Nighttime Rocket Launch Puts 29 Satellites In Orbit, a New Record

http://www.space.com/23659-night-rocket-launch-record-29-satellites.html

A spectacular rocket launch from Virginia's eastern shore late Tuesday (Nov. 19) lit up the night sky like an artifical sun, kicking off a record-breaking mission to put 29 satellites into orbit.

The Orbital Sciences-built Minotaur 1 rocket launched into space at 8:15 p.m. EST (0115 GMT Wednesday) from NASA's Wallops Flight Faciltiy in Virginia to begin the ORS-3 mission, which is run by the U.S. military's Operationally Responsive Space Office. The launch was expected to be visible to millions of observes along the U.S. East Coast, weather permitting.

After a 45-minute delay caused by an issue with a downrange tracking station, the Minotaur 1 roared to life, carving an arc of flame into the night sky that was likely visible along the East Coast from Maine down to Florida, and from as far inland as Indiana and Michigan, according to viewing maps provided by NASA and Orbital Sciences.
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http://www.space.com/23659-night-rocket-launch-record-29-satellites.html
 
Yeah I read about that mission. A couple of the sats were from the Air Force, and the processing power in them come from off the shelf smart phones.
 
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