B.C. pilot catches SpaceX launch on his iPhone

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'Right time, right place, I guess,' said pilot Dan Riise.

A Sunwing pilot who lives in Kelowna captured an amazing celestial sight at 34,000 feet above the earth while flying back from the Dominican Republic Tuesday morning.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on March 25 at 7:42 p.m. EDT, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with 23 Starlink satellites on board. Riise says the photos would have turned out better if he could have opened a window. But that's not possible at 34,000 feet.

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