The spiral was created after the rocket’s first-stage booster, which blasted it off the ground, separated and the upper stage took over, he said. As the booster fell back to Earth, it vented leftover fuel, which froze into reflective crystals.
That’s only partially correct. The booster never would have come anywhere near Europe. The venting which created the spiral would have been from passivating the upper stage after the payload was deployed.
can someone explain what I’m seeing here? I’m too dumb for this.
Source:
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20250325-spacex-rocket-fuel-makes-stunning-swirl-in-european-sky
That’s only partially correct. The booster never would have come anywhere near Europe. The venting which created the spiral would have been from passivating the upper stage after the payload was deployed.
@aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone
aha. thanks.
And what does it have to do with Ukraine?
I think the video is from Ukraine looking at the Ukrainian sky.
But the text in the lower left corner says Plaški, Croatia. This post is off-topic here.
It was just as visible in Ukraine.
https://sopuli.xyz/post/24367228