FOX Weather(@foxweather):WHAT IS THAT? 🚀: That strange, glowing object streaking across the pre-dawn East Coast sky Tuesday was SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, which launched from Cape Canaveral carrying 29 Starlink satellites toward low-Earth orbit. Its illuminated exhaust plume, as seen from Rodanthe, North Carolina, created the eye-catching display seen from Florida to the Northeast. What did you think it was?

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WHAT IS THAT? 🚀: That strange, glowing object streaking across the pre-dawn East Coast sky Tuesday was SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, which launched from Cape Canaveral carrying 29 Starlink satellites toward low-Earth orbit. Its illuminated exhaust plume, as seen from Rodanthe, North Carolina, created the eye-catching display seen from Florida to the Northeast. What did you think it was?