Satellite captures the launch of rocket carrying yet more satellites
The satellite’s orbit gave it a great vantage point to see blast off.
This animation shows something pretty spectacular – the launch of a rocket as seen from space.
It was captured by a satellite for monitoring and data company Planet and shows the launch of a rocket with yet more of its satellites.
The short clip covers about two-and-a-half minutes in real time.
The Soyuz rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the same place where astronauts launch to journey to the International Space Station. It blasted off earlier in July.
Among the payload were 48 Flock 2K satellites.
All of those satellites have since tweeted hello messages from their new homes in orbit around the Earth.
And this is what the launch looked like from the ground.
