SpaceX Starlink late-night rocket launch: Where to watch from Daytona, New Smyrna, Oak Hill
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will potentially carry Starlink internet-beaming satellites into low-Earth orbit near NASA on Wednesday, July 2, a Federal Aviation Administration operations plan advisory shows.
Though rockets here launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center near Merritt Island, Florida, or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, people from the Treasure Coast can sometimes see this phenomenon.
Weather permitting and depending on cloud cover, a rocket launch from Florida's Space Coast could be visible as far north as Jacksonville Beach and Daytona Beach and as far south as Vero Beach and West Palm Beach (see videos and photo gallery with this story).
When there's a launch window in the middle of the night or very early morning, there's an opportunity for unique photos — the rocket lights up the dark sky and the contrail after makes for a great photo.
Below is more information on rocket launches in Florida and suggestions on where to watch them from the Fun Coast.
Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, Axiom, ULA rocket launch schedule at Cape Canaveral
For questions or comments, email FLORIDA TODAY Space Reporter Rick Neale at rneale@floridatoday.com or Space Reporter Brooke Edwards at bedwards@floridatoday.com. For more space news from the USA TODAY Network, visit floridatoday.com/space.
Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a payload of Starlink broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit, a Federal Aviation Administration operations plan advisory shows.
Launch window: 1:29 a.m. ET on Wednesday, July 2
Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Sonic booms: No.
Trajectory: Northeast.
Live coverage starts 90 minutes before liftoff at : You can watch live rocket launch coverage from USA TODAY Network's Space Team, which consists of FLORIDA TODAY space reporters Rick Neale and Brooke Edwards and visuals journalists Craig Bailey, Malcolm Denemark and Tim Shortt. Our Space Team will provide up-to-the-minute updates in a mobile-friendly live blog, complete with a countdown clock, at floridatoday.com/space, starting 90 minutes before liftoff. You can download the free FLORIDA TODAY app, which is available in the App Store or Google Play, or type into your browser.
In Volusia County, immediately north of Brevard County — home to Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — you can get a great view of a SpaceX, NASA or United Launch Alliance rocket launch. The best views to watch a rocket launch from here is along the beach. Look due south. Recommended spots:
• South New Smyrna Beach (Canaveral National Seashore)
• Mary McLeod Bethune Beach Park, 6656 S. Atlantic Ave., New Smyrna Beach. Bethune Beach is 3.5 miles south of New Smyrna Beach and one mile north of the Apollo Beach entrance to Canaveral National Seashore Park.
• Apollo Beach at Canaveral National Seashore (south of New Smyrna Beach). Canaveral National Seashore runs along Florida's East Coast in Volusia County and Brevard County. To access Apollo Beach, take Interstate 95 to exit 249, then travel east until it turns into State Road A1A. Follow SR A1A south to the park entrance.
• Oak Hill riverfront is the southernmost city in South Volusia County.
• Sunrise Park, 275 River Road, Oak Hill
• Goodrich's Seafood and Oyster House back deck, 253 River Road, Oak Hill
• Seminole Rest national historic site, 211 River Road, Oak Hill
• Riverbreeze Park, 250 H.H. Burch Road, Oak Hill
• Mary Dewees Park, 178 N. Gaines St., Oak Hill
• Nancy Cummings Park, 232 Cummings St., Oak Hill
• Jimmie Vann Sunrise Park, 275 River Road, Oak Hill
• A.C. Delbert Dewees Municipal Pier, 243 River Road, Oak Hill
• Bird Observation Pier on River Road across from A.C. Delbert Municipal Pier (see above)
• Rose Bay in Port Orange, Florida
• beaches along New Smyrna Beach, Florida
• New Smyrna Beach Inlet, New Smyrna Beach lifeguard station
• Halifax Harbor Marina in Daytona Beach, Florida
• Ormond-by-the-Sea in Ormond Beach, Florida
• George R. Kennedy Memorial Park in Edgewater, Florida
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: SpaceX Florida rocket launch at night: Best places to watch from Volusia
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
34 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Astronomers track object that may have originated outside the solar system
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers are monitoring an object headed our way that may have wandered over from another star system. Scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, the European Space Agency said Wednesday. The harmless object is currently near Jupiter hundreds of millions of miles (kilometers) away and moving toward Mars, but it should get no closer to the sun than that, according to scientists. It's too soon to know whether the object, designated for now as A11pl3Z, is a rocky asteroid or a icy comet, or how big and what shape it is. More observations are needed to confirm its origins. NASA said it is monitoring the situation. Astrophysicist Josep Trigo-Rodriguez of the Institute of Space Sciences near Barcelona, Spain, believes it is an interstellar object based on its odd path and extreme speed cutting through the solar system. He estimates its size at roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers) across. The first confirmed interstellar visitor was in 2017. It was dubbed Oumuamua, Hawaiian for scout, in honor of the observatory in Hawaii that discovered it. Classified at first as an asteroid, the elongated Oumuamua has since showed signs of being a comet. The second object confirmed to have strayed from another star system into our own is 21/Borisov, discovered in 2019 and believed to be a comet. ___ The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
Yahoo
36 minutes ago
- Yahoo
NASA's epic space footage? It will soon be available on Netflix (but you can already watch for free now)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's video content from rocket launches to livestreams from the International Space Station will soon be available on a new platform: Netflix. On June 30, NASA announced that NASA+ live programming will debut on Netflix later this summer. NASA+ is the organization's free video platform that includes everything from live events to news to kid-friendly content. Adding NASA+ to Netflix won't change the price of NASA+, which will remain free on NASA's website and app. But, the move brings the content into an app many streamers are already familiar with. Adding NASA+ to Netflix allows streaming from a familiar platform on smart TVs and the Netflix app. Netflix's carousel and home screen could also help more viewers discover NASA's videos. 'The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 calls on us to share our story of space exploration with the broadest possible audience,' Rebecca Sirmons, general manager of NASA+, said in a press release. 'Together, we're committed to a Golden Age of Innovation and Exploration – inspiring new generations – right from the comfort of their couch or in the palm of their hand from their phone.' NASA+ aims to share NASA's discoveries with a wider audience, sharing video and audio as well as live events. The organization says Netflix's audience of 700 million will help with that goal. NASA+ is expected to come to Netflix later this summer. But space enthusiasts can already find the content – subscription-free – by visiting the NASA+ website. Or, viewers can access the content from the NASA app, which is available on iOS and Android, as well as on smart TVs and streaming devices with Apple, Amazon, Google/Android, and Roku. Browse the best cameras for astrophotography, or dig into these astrophotography tips.
Medscape
40 minutes ago
- Medscape
Chelation Therapy for Heart Disease? The Hype Doesn't Hold
This transcript has been edited for clarity. If you're like me, you use social media to follow dog accounts because the dogs are all very good boys. If you surf the dark corners of the internet where people with no medical training dole out medical advice without any qualifications, then you may have heard someone talk about heavy metals — and no, I don't mean the music. Heavy metals — things like mercury, lead, arsenic, and iron — supposedly cause everything from heart disease to autism. Now, you might be saying to yourself, 'Wait a second, lead poisoning isn't good for you. I learned that in medical school.' You are right, but the problem here is that people are using this factoid to push chelation therapy on an unsuspecting public. Now, if you don't know, chelation therapy is a medical procedure where you remove heavy metals from the body. This is obviously useful in cases of acute lead poisoning, for example. It isn't going to cure autism, and it's certainly not going to reduce your cardiovascular risk. However, about a decade ago, the TACT trial suggested that it there were problems with this study, such as a high dropout rate, maybe blinding failed, and numerous interim analysis. To make a long story short, even with all these caveats, the benefit was mainly limited to people with diabetes. A confirmatory follow-up study was planned. TACT2 was supposed to settle this issue definitively, and it was negative. If someone tries to sell you chelation therapy, don't buy it. It doesn't prevent heart disease, it doesn't treat autism, and it's potentially dangerous. It took over a decade and how many millions of dollars for us to figure it out, but at least it's done now. For Medscape, I'm Dr Christopher Labos.
