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Eerie flying spiral spotted by Mauna Kea telescope - Hawaii News Now
Jan 24, 2023 47 secs
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea captured video last week of a mysterious light over Hawaii.

Turns out the so-called “flying spiral” is actually a new satellite that was launched earlier that day by SpaceX.

“The spiral seems to be related to the SpaceX company’s launch of a new satellite,” Subaru Telescope officials from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan wrote, in a tweet.

Satellite tracker Scott Tilley also chimed in on the thread and said the location of the spiral was a close match for where the second stage Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX was expected to be in the minutes after launch.

Officials say this isn’t the first time a similar glowing, circular feature was spotted after a SpaceX launch.

In other occurrences of similar SpaceX satellites, space watchers have said the spiral shape arises as the upper stage of the Falcon 9 vents release fuel during its long descent into the ocean.

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