(meteorobs) Monday morning sighting - SW Florida

[GLDSKTR at aol.com]

I agree, I live just south of Canaveral. If this was Aug 17, it was the  
Delta launch. It was an amazing sight, with the sun below the horizon, and the 
 rocket and contrail directly lit by sunlight against the darker sky.
It did fly in a southeast direction, so it's most likely what you saw that  
morning.
 
Anthony
Florida, USA
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/27/2009 10:21:22 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jimpettit at gmail.com writes:

You say  Monday morning sighting; if the Monday you're referring to was
August 17th,  what you saw was the last Air Force Delta II launch (it was
carrying the  GPS 2R-21 satellite). I live in Naples--not too many miles
southeast of  Estero--and got up early to watch it. It was an incredible
sight: the  brilliantly-lit smoke trail in stark relief against the
brightening but  still deep violet sky, arcing to the south beneath the Moon
and Venus, and  slowly being twisted and ripped apart by the high-altitude
winds. If that  wasn't the Monday you were speaking of, then I'm not sure;
I'm up and  outside early every  weekday...