According to Wójcicki, today the 22nd A rocket is scheduled to be launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia “Very favorable lighting conditions may allow you to see the effect of launching this rocket into the Polish sky – and believe me, the view can be truly stunning,” writes blogger Soyuz-2 with Cosmos 2576 mission.
A Soyuz 2 launch would generate a lot of rapidly expanding exhaust gases in the upper parts of the atmosphere (and just above it), which – illuminated from a certain altitude by the sun’s glare – might create the effect in our already dark skies that Californians observed after the Falcon 9 rocket launch.
“If the path and lighting conditions permit, a few minutes after 10 p.m., we should be able to see a pale blue cloud moving in the sky low above the horizon,” explains Wójcicki, noting that the final visibility of the phenomenon will be affected by weather, lighting and even angle. With which the rocket will be launched.
“Ghost” in the sky. How to monitor?
To see this phenomenon, you must first choose an observation site with a very exposed northeastern and northern horizon.
“No houses, no trees, no lights reach one degree above the horizon,” advises Wójciski, who suggests that it is best to go outside the city and find fields or wide meadows, and simply go to the beach by the sea.
The blogger also advises being at the observation site no later than 9:40 pm to adapt your sight to the darkness. “Here it is like the northern lights: the darker the sky “The better the adaptation of the sight, the easier it is to notice the effect of launching the missile.”
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