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Classified payload for the United States Space Force
Target orbit: Geostationary Orbit
High visibility — good chance of seeing the second-stage plume from Bermuda.
Face west (258.9865840268977°) and sweep along the trajectory. Start scanning the sky about six minutes after liftoff.
Sweep order (approximate)
You are standing at the amber dot in the middle. The solid cyan arrow is where to aim your eyes — roughly where the rocket will appear highest in the sky. The dotted cyan arc traces the rocket's motion across the sky, with the arrow showing which way it travels.
Lighting note
At night, look for the faint glow of the exhaust plume rather than the rocket itself. Let your eyes adjust for several minutes before liftoff, and avoid looking at phone screens.
Bermuda weather
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Falcon Heavy mission profile
Illustrative timings from published Falcon Heavy press kits. Actual events vary by mission profile, payload, and recovery method. Telemetry-accurate per-mission events coming in v1.x.
Bermuda viewing window
Appears above horizon
08:07 PM AST
T+7:15
Fades (engine cutoff)
08:08 PM AST
T+8:32
Visible for
~1 min 17 sec
The rocket rises low in the SW, arcs across the sky toward W, and fades in the WNW when engines cut out. Under clear skies and with minimal light pollution, the rocket plume is typically visible as a slow-moving bright star between these times.
Times assume on-time liftoff. Add ~30–90 sec uncertainty for typical per-mission timing variance; launch delays move the whole window.
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