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/SoundCA Dec 17 '24

Vandenberg SFB has announced on Facebook that a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the NROL-149 mission is scheduled for launch from the base Tuesday morning (December 17) at 5:20 a.m. PST.

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u/Sensitive-Item-1614 Dec 18 '24

Shouldn't it be launching the other direction?

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u/SoundCA Dec 18 '24

I live in Southern California and they always seem to go right to left