Subj : A Beautiful Launch
To   : All
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Thu Nov 13 2025 22:26:02

Again, I am very lucky to live about 100 miles form Cape Canaveral.  Tonight, we 
witnessed a great launch of ViaSat-3, an Atlas V 551 spacecraft.  It is a bigger rocket than 
Space-X so the trail that it left was a site to behold.

The skies were relatively clear, so we were able to follow it with the naked eye for about 5 
minutes before it disappeared.

We had no idea when we purchased our home in the Tampa area 10 years ago what was in 
store for us.  We knew that there were pickleball courts, tennis courts and much more.  We 
didn't know at the time that we would get a pretty good view of the launches as well.

Mike Dippel
 
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