Firefly Aerospace launch of Alpha rocket lights up SoCal sky – Video

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KABC) — Southern California received a have a look at one other rocket launch that lit up the evening sky.

Firefly Aerospace launched its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Area Drive Base simply after 9 p.m. Wednesday. The launch created a protracted, brilliant plume that streaked throughout the area for a lot of to see.

Firefly’s “Noise of Summer season” mission set earlier launch dates for Monday and Tuesday, however every have been pushed again.

The mission carried a category of small satellites referred to as CubeSats that have been developed by universities and nonprofits via NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative.

Just lately, Southern California has seen a number of brilliant spectacles within the sky because of rocket launches by SpaceX.