FEEDING HILLS, Mass. (WWLP) – If you were awake at the wee hours of the morning on Thursday, you may have spotted a bright object streaking across the sky in Massachusetts, but what was it?
At around 5:38 a.m., a 22News viewer in Feeding Hills saw something mysterious flying in the sky and started filming it. They submitted it to 22News, stating, “I’ve never seen anything like that before.”
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Screenshot from video sent to 22News via Report It
The object seen was most likely a rocket launched by SpaceX for another one of its Starlink satellites, according to Space.com. The satellites launched with a Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 5:30 a.m.
The rocket carried 28 satellites to add to Starlink’s fleet of nearly 8,400 orbiting the Earth. Thursday’s launch was also the 117th Falcon 9 flight of the year, Space.com said.
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