Why a Pre-Dawn Falcon 9 Launch Glowed From Georgia to New York

SpaceX's Falcon 9 cargo launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:33 a.m. ET Oct. 13 created a jellyfish-shaped cloud seen from Georgia to New York. Flying northeast over the Atlantic 48 minutes before sunrise, its expanding plume of fuel exhaust froze into crystals that reflected sunlight.