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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 1:49 pm
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I was downtown Orlando, on the 10th floor. Usually from Orlando you can see most of the launch (no details, just smoke and some flame). This launch we saw some flame for about a second. The rest of it was hidden behind clouds and haze. Pretty disappointing, since it was the first one for so long.

Off topic maybe - I saw a night launch from just a few miles up the coast back in the early 90's. Those are most impressive. If they ever get back into a normal routine and start doing night launches again, it can make for a neat little vacation if you live a state or two away.
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