That night we will not be able to see a cosmic vortex in the sky, associated with a fuel dump from the Falcon 9 rocket – SpaceX translated the start of the Transporter -14 mission. However, a chance to appear over Poland will appear soon.
On Sunday evening, the American company SpaceX informed in social media that the start of the Falcon 9 rocket with the transporter-14 mission was postponed from Sunday, June 22 at 23.18 of our time for the same time for Monday, June 23. Adverse weather conditions were given for the cause of the shift.
Space vortex in the Polish sky. When there is a chance to see him
As Karol Wójcicki, the promoter of astronomy and the author of the profile “with the head in the stars”, the flight of the Falcon 9 rocket to accompany interesting views in the Polish sky on Sunday, as the social media.
The cosmic vortex, associated with the Falcon 9 rocket, which was to appear in the sky above Poland from Sunday to Monday just after 2 o'clock, was particularly intriguing.
As Wójcicki explained, the characteristic vortex arises when the rocket releases fuel in a vacuum at an altitude of about 500 kilometers above the ground. When the fuel is distracted, it creates a characteristic spiral – the sunlit of the sun makes it look like foggy, rotating galaxy.
“With head in the stars”, tvnmeteo.pl
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