On Monday evening, interesting images began to spread on Facebook. At 9 p.m., residents in Budapest and several other Hungarian cities witnessed an amazing “celestial phenomenon,” according to the Mandiner news portal.
The elongated, bluish light beam surprised many, and several initially suspected it was a meteor or an object of unknown origin. However, it later turned out that it was caused by a SpaceX rocket, writes Világgazdaság regarding the incident.
SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket from the United States on March 24, carrying Starlink satellites into orbit. Following the launch, the rocket’s first stage separated and returned to the atmosphere in a controlled descent, during which the combination of engine fires and contrails during reentry created spectacular, spiral-like light patterns.
Due to the appropriate weather conditions, the light plume was clearly visible from several points in Central Europe, so many people in Hungary also noticed it.
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