A month after the explosion of the Starship spacecraft was seen in the East of Cubaanother unusual light furrowed on Tuesday the sky of that region of the island.
As then, the fact caused the astonishment of many and publications on strange light went viral on social networks. But what was this time the cause of the phenomenon?
The answer was also shared in the networks the meteorologist Henry Delgado Manzor.
As explained on Facebookit was the luminous wake of the Falcon 9 rocket, of the company Spacex, whose launch took place at 6:21 pm on Tuesday, from the Kennedy Space Center of the NASA in Cabo Cañaveral, Florida.
“The peculiar wake that many have been able to observe is the result of the combustion of the rocket engines, which is influenced by the type of fuel used, low atmospheric pressure and solar lighting at that time,” said the expert.
Delgado Manzor also confirmed that “eThis impressive show was also visible from Haiti, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. ”
Starship and Falcon 9
What happened on Tuesday brought the outbreak in January of the Starship Rocket shortly after its takeoff from the United States.
The ship, not manned and belonging to the Spacex company directed by the magnate Elon Musk, exploded in the sky after suffering technical failures and the event was seen in several nations of the Caribbean region.
Then, the Cuban meteorologist and researcher Luis Enrique Ramos Guadalupe said that the explosion “occurred on the Turkish and Caicos Islands, after which the remains of ingenuity precipitated in a similar way to those of a car.”
Meanwhile, Delgado Manzor realized the “impressive trail of light in the sky” visible in the Cuban East due to the explosion and explains that the ship “after facing failures, suffered a reentry to the atmosphere, dropping its remains in areas near the sea Caribbean”.
The Starship ship had been thrown from the Spacex base in Boca Chica, Texas. According to the CNNits objective “was to surround the planet and during that journey try to deploy 10 ‘simulators’ of satellites”, but after working without problems in the minutes following their take -off their engines began to go out and finally exploded.
Unlike Starship, Falcon 9 – also from Space X – ran better luck.
According to press reports, Falcon 9 successfully launched about twenty Starlink satellites and completed its twenty mission.
It culminated with its landing in an autonomous module on the coast of Bahamas and its success was celebrated by the company.
Falcon 9 Lands Off the Coast of the Bahamas for the First Time! WELCOME TO SPACE @Visitthebahamas! pic.twitter.com/eidtyl5pyv
– Spacex (@spacex) February 18, 2025
His career was visible in the Caribbean region and particularly in the Dominican Republic, whose press also It echoed of the fact.
