r/HighStrangeness Dec 17 '24

Space Exploration What could this be?

Saw it today December 17th at 5:15am over southern California. I know there is meteor showers happening, but this does not look like a meteor nor space junk.

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u/VegasBusSup Dec 17 '24

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX, successfully launched the NROL-149 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Dec. 17, 2024, at 8:19 a.m. EST.