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"content": "Last night I saw the #SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage de-orbit burn and 'ionospheric hole' from the Starlink 12-10 launch out of Canaveral at 0234 UTC. These phone-camera images were made north of Tucson at 0405/0408Z looking northwest and east, respectively. \n\nMy group wasn't aware of the #launch and didn't initially realize what the de-orbit burn was, thinking it might be a launch out of Vandenburg. But it was in the wrong part of the sky. The duration is only maybe ten seconds, and the blob of light is a couple of degrees in size.\n\nThe ionospheric hole is a shorter phenomenon, lasting somewhat less than 5 seconds. Under moderately dark skies, it was *distinctly* red to the unaided eye, comparable in intensity to a moderate aurora. It faded out from center to edges, perhaps 3° or so in apparent extent.\n\nTo cap it all off, we saw the train of #Starlink objects from the prior night's launch (12-23) fly over at 0344Z.\n\n#Space #Satellites #Ionosphere #IonosphericHole\n\nhttps://media.astrodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/422/580/111/839/966/original/53ff43fdbb4ea2e9.png\nhttps://media.astrodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/422/582/912/843/232/original/a309059059e9a4c5.png\nhttps://media.astrodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/422/584/090/598/651/original/5a48cb2890725cd5.png",
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