What is this "orb"?

[Jefe's Dope]

What is this "orb"? We watched yet another launch this morning and shortly after take off and the rocket leaves into the atmosphere, I'll post the rocket video later, I see this "orb" just hanging in the sky. You can see it at 10 seconds in. I've seen this "orb" before while leaving for work around 4ish am on many non launch morning. It's always in the same location and It's too bright to be a star and it doesn't move. It's not an airplane as, again, it does not move and is much too bright.

 

[Jefe's Dope]

Launch video taken shortly before the above video.

 

[918v]

Could it be the rocket engine’s orientation is just right to appear as an orb to you?

 

[Jefe's Dope]

Could it be the rocket engine’s orientation is just right to appear as an orb to you?

No, the rocket has left the atmosphere and is to the far left of that. Also, it's stationary.

 

[Redmanss]

In the east early morning? Likely Venus and yes, it’s really bright.

 

[Jefe's Dope]

In the east early morning? Likely Venus and yes, it’s really bright.

Does Venus not move throughout the seasons? It's been there since early Summer.

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

I think that there's an app for your phone that you can point it towards the sky and it will identify the star clusters and planets. My brother in-law had it a few years ago.

 

[Redmanss]

Does Venus not move throughout the seasons? It's been there since early Summer.

It does, been dropping lower towards the horizon the last couple months. Was neat a few weeks ago when it and Jupiter were right next to each other, Jupiter has tracked higher and Venus lower to the horizon since.

You can try an app like SkyView that uses your phone’s camera to locate and ID planets, stars and some satellites.

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

I think that there's an app for your phone that you can point it towards the sky and it will identify the star clusters and planets. My brother in-law had it a few years ago.

Brother in-law says that the app is Start Chart and it's still available in Apple apps

 

[TheHorta]

We all know what it is, but everyone’s afraid to say what it is.

The Truth is Out There!

 

[DuneBoer]

Venus

 

[roostercogburn98]

Brother in-law says that the app is Start Chart and it's still available in Apple apps

Sky Guide works as well from the app store

 

[Maggot]

It's that big alien ship heading this way. and ....

 

[mtwarych]

Maybe the booster "burn back" when the booster is righting itself for landing/capture.

Maybe a stellar body.

 

[stemikel]

I use the app sky guide. Really cool and kind of fun

 

[Pharmseller]

Is it a cold-hearted orb that rules the night?

 

[Jigstick]

 

[mtwarych]

Stellarium is the sky app I use. In the middle night at about 8 thousand feet above sea level the amount of visible stellar bodies will just blow your mind.

 

[mtrmn]

Is it a cold-hearted orb that rules the night?

Does it remove the colors from our sight? Red is gray and yellow white...

 

[mi650]

Does it remove the colors from our sight? Red is gray and yellow white...

And we decide which is right, and which is an illusion.

 

[Aftermath]

Sky Guide works as well from the app store

As does SkyView. It's amazing how many trashed rocket bodies there are floating around up there.

 

[roostercogburn98]

As does SkyView. It's amazing how many trashed rocket bodies there are floating around up there.

First time I watched starlink fly overhead, I was upset I didn’t have my “take me home” sign for the alien invasion I knew was coming.

Downloaded the app that night so I could track stuff that night.

 

[Gemsbok]

Was that launch from the Brownsville site, where the border patrol might have one of these?

 

[Redmanss]

Was that launch from the Brownsville site, where the border patrol might have one of these?
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The EFF's tracking site says the one on South San Pedro Island broke loose in March and hasn't been relaunched since. Doesn't mean their info is fully up to date, but it's what's currently available out there.

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Having been around those overseas in the past, they don't have a glow to them other than their navigation/collision avoidance lights. The flashing red strobe is pretty hard to mistake as anything else than some sort of aircraft.