| Date: | 23-24 June 2004 |
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| Location: | West Palm Beach, Florida, USA |
| Latitude: | 26.7377 |
| Longitude: | -80.1063 |
| Sunset: | 0017 UTC |
| Notes: | Notes follow photos |
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| 0040 UTC | 0041 UTC |
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| 0041 UTC | 0042 UTC |
These NLCs were quite probably man-made by a recent rocket launch, as hypothesized by Tom McEwan of the Noctilucent Cloud Observers' Homepage. I found the following launch information on Spaceflight Now:
| Launch Time: | 23 June 2004, 2254 UTC |
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| Launch Location: | SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA |
| Launch Vehicle: | Boeing Delta 2 |
| Payload: | NAVSTAR Global Positioning System 2R-12 military navigation satellite [GPS 2R-12] |
