As I was surfing Google Earth today I floated over the Richard Bong State Recreation Area just west of Kenosha Wisconsin (Lat 42.626109, Lon -88.159010) and saw that the rocketry parking area was full of cars. (Wildman's motorhome and trailer are very obvious!)
Zooming in further one sees an obvious smoke trail from a mid or high power rocket (possibly mine!). The posted image date on Google Earth is July 6, 2018 which was a Friday, but Tripoli Wisconsin held its monthly launch on Saturday the 7th of July. So on the assumption that its a date error by Google and the image actually comes from Saturday the 7th, it appears that their satellites caught an image of a rocket launch in progress.
And yes, I was there that day, and yes, I think that's my car in the second row, and yes, I did launch a high power rocket, so I'm going to make the presumptuous assumption that it was my rocket caught in space!
George Pike
TRA 10752 L3
Zooming in further one sees an obvious smoke trail from a mid or high power rocket (possibly mine!). The posted image date on Google Earth is July 6, 2018 which was a Friday, but Tripoli Wisconsin held its monthly launch on Saturday the 7th of July. So on the assumption that its a date error by Google and the image actually comes from Saturday the 7th, it appears that their satellites caught an image of a rocket launch in progress.
And yes, I was there that day, and yes, I think that's my car in the second row, and yes, I did launch a high power rocket, so I'm going to make the presumptuous assumption that it was my rocket caught in space!
George Pike
TRA 10752 L3
