Last nights Titan launch

[dsnay]

Anybody else catch this last night?
I was up on the golf course by my house and saw the ship streak across the sky right by Jupiter followed by one of the stages separating just before it all disappeared behind the clouds.

I've exchanged emails with fellow club members from as far south as Naples Florida and we all describe the same awesome event. It's even more impressive to me since I've heard this might be the last ever launch of a Titan.

Dave

[BobRose]

Dave,
I was up in Statesboro doing some observing from the rooftop of the physics building when what I first thought was a slow lazy satellite. I had forgotten about the Titan launch, when the 2nd stage lit, I remembered then.  We watched both pieces for several minutes until it was well out into the northern sky and began heading for the horizon. What I thought was strange is that both pieces remained naked eye for such a long time after separation. With the Shuttle, after the SRB’s separate you need binoculars to keep up with them and they are usually lost in a minute or two.
Bob