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I was not in the right position to catch this meteor, but it gave off a GE terminal flash that lit up the sky. This meteor was in central Florida, to give you an idea of how bright this was. Here's the AMS report for this meteor, with a bunch of better videos: https://ams.imo.net/members/imo_view/event/2021/2281

This is from the launch earlier in the day. Starts on the left edge. Bonus meteor, top center at 00:11, and another satellite starting at upper right middle and moving down and to the left.

The Starlink 21 train passing. Watch about a third of the way in from the left. It fades in and because of so many satellites close together and the noise reduction algorithm, it appears as just a line. SpaceX has been taking measures to make these satellites harder to spot in order to make their impact on astronomy less, but for a few days after they've launched, they're in a different configuration and so can be seen easier. Compare this pass with one of my earlier train videos and you can clearly see the difference.

Launch of SpaceX's Starlink 21, as viewed from the Charleston suburbs. The second stage is obscured for the first several seconds in frame, so this starts just before it becomes visible. Towards the end, the second stage lights up much brighter than it was before. I believe this is because it got high enough to be lit by the Sun. People north of here reported seeing the rocket easily in the sky, though many were unfamiliar with rocket launches and had no idea what they were looking at. Re-Entry burn at 2:49.

The launch of Starlink 20. Starts at the bottom right before it's obscured by clouds for a few seconds. Re-entry burn at 3:29.

Launch of the Starlink 17, which was delayed long enough to come after 18 and 19. The camera stuttered a bit there in a few spots. The rocket doesn't magically teleport. Elon hasn't quite perfected that technology, yet. Re-entry burn at 3:37 The noise is, I think, from a train.

Watch top left, then top right after the camera change. Starts with the north east camera (Polaris is the brighter star in the top left, near the house) and finishes with the west camera. It was a slightly hazy night, but not enough to obscure the brighter stars or this meteor. AMS report for this event: https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2021/1463

The AMS report for this meteor (probably): https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2021/1339

Same meteor as the one I posted yesterday, but from my doorbell camera.

Here's the AMS event for this meteor. My report will probably be attached once they review it (I just now submitted it): https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/imo_view/event/2021/1082. The map they show doesn't line up with what I see, as the camera faces west, so the meteor should be west-north-west of me, but the map shows it North-North-West to due north, which is obviously not the case.

Launched at 1:19am EST from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Re-Entry burn at 3:33. Since I don't know the exact T0, I know that MECO is T+2:37, SES is at T+2:50, and entry burn starts at T+6:27, which is 1:26:15 on my clock. So, working backwards, MECO should be 3m50s before the burn, making it 1:22:25 and SES at 1:22:38. The rocket enters frame at 1:22:45, so just after SES. SpaceX's coverage of the launch: https://youtu.be/fe6HBw1y6bA

Launch of the Delta IV heavy carrying the NROL-44 satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (finally). Watch from the top of the trees at the far bottom right. Since this is going to a geosynchronous orbit, the path it takes through the sky is lower than launches to the ISS (the CRS missions) or the Starlink launches, which go into a highly inclined orbit. Things to watch for: 00:38 Meteor in top middle, just to the right of the Pleiades star cluster 00:47 Booster engine cut-off (slight dimming) followed by booster separation (bright flash).

This is the 100th launch of the Falcon 9 rocket, and the 7th successful launch and landing of this particular booster, which is the current record. Stage two appears on the just after MECO and right at second engine start. Jump to 3:52 to see the first stage re-entry burn.

Launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 with four astronauts on board, on their way to the ISS. The clouds didn't cooperate for this launch, so when the second stage disappears behind the cloud, you can jump to 3:59 to see it again (though it peeks out for a few seconds a little earlier than that), or jump to 4:15 for the start of the first stage's re-entry burn. I don't think I could see all of it, but I got the beginning until it disappeared behind a cloud.

Launch of ULA's Atlas V rocket, carrying a classified payload, as viewed from suburban Charleston, SC. ** Watch at the highest resolution you can ** Youtube's compression has *almost* make the second stage invisible, and it basically make the farings invisible, but they are there... barely. Starts on the right edge of the screen (South). What you're seeing is the first stage, just after the three SRBs have separated. At 1:32, the first stage engine cuts off, then shortly after the second stage lights up. Some time before this, the two faring halves separate. If you look *really* closely, you can see the two halves. There is also another object that glints off the sun a few times. The faring halves and the flashing object were much more visible by eye. The camera's noise reduction 'smoothed' them out a bit. I'll like reduce the noise reduction on the camera to try to reduce that effect, though these cameras are *extremely* noisy, which is the price I pay for the sensitivity.

G Block III SV04: The fourth Third Generation Global Positioning System (G) satellite, named Sacagawea Watch the right edge of the screen. This is just after stage separation and you're seeing the second stage. At 3:10 watch the bottom middle where you'll see the first stage's re-entry burn. The bright object in the center of the screen is Mars. Bonus: Several satellites can be seen (no, not the several planes), and, if you know astronomy enough, you can find the Andromeda Galaxy in this shot (hint: Top left. Fuzzy looking 'star')

The train enters at the top center, moving down and to the right.

Watch the left edge of the screen. The first thing you see is the second stage of the rocket. It's followed about 15 seconds later by the train of 60 Starlink satellites. The noise reduction, and the fact that they're so close together blends them all into one long train of satellites. They've only been deployed for about 8 hours at this point. The slight jump you see at the flip to 19:30 is the recording software switching to a new file, as it records in 10 minute blocks. My editing skills are mediocre at best, so clipping that out with great precision is currently beyond my skill level and tools.

First clear night in a while. There were a *lot* of meteors last night, but most were not that great. I put in the good ones, and the one instance of four within about 10 seconds.

The clouds barely cooperated for this launch. The second stage can be seen emerging from the clouds in the lower left for a little over a minute before it's obscured again.

View from Goose Creek, SC. The clouds and the moon made this one not as visible. Draw a horizontal line with your mind across the bottom of the bloom of the moon. You can barely see the 2nd stage just to the right of the moon on that line from the start of the video, but it's so faint you have to track back from when you see it later to make it out. After it passes the bottom of the moon it becomes much more visible. Note: You definitely won't be able to see it before it passes the moon if you don't have it at max resolution, and even then, it's really hard to see. The video ends when the 2nd stage is obscured by clouds and can't be seen after that. The 1st stage re-entry burn was obscured by clouds.

Left side. Lots of internal reflections off of the double pane window this camera looks through, so ignore the 'extra' meteors.