Cheryl Shafer shared this stunning photo from South Jacksonville Beach around 5:30 a.m. Thursday of the SpaceX launch (Special to News4JAX)
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched early Thursday morning, taking 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
This was the 36th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, and the jellyfish-like trail created during launch captured a lot of attention.
Viewers shared photos and videos with News4JAX, asking us to identify what was in the sky.
If you captured photos or video of the launch, share them with us on SnapJAX, and we might share them on air or online.
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