A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lit up the pre-sunrise sky across the Philadelphia tri-state region on Tuesday morning, drawing widespread attention from residents in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
It lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, just after 5:30 a.m., carrying a payload of 29 Starlink satellites bound for low-Earth orbit.
As the vehicle climbed through the atmosphere, its exhaust trail caught the early morning light, creating a vivid streak visible hundreds of miles up the East Coast…