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Kourou, French Guiana
Monday, September 14, 2026
Rocket launch
Vega-C | Sentinel-3C & FLEX
Launched - good from here
Lifted off 10:21 PM
A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.
That morning
Sunrise
Good
6:21 AM
No one saw this one - no rating, webcam or satellite view of it. The score is the prediction.
Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 21 past sunrises rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.
Sunset
Good
6:30 PM
No one saw this one - no rating, webcam or satellite view of it. The score is the prediction.
Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 19 past sunsets rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.
Milky Way
Milky Way
Poor viewing
Visible from 9:09 PM
The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.
Moon
Waxing crescent
13% lit
8:59 AM – 9:07 PM
Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.
How this day turned out
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