That’s how rocket launches look in the upper atmosphere. The bright thing that falls away is the lower stage of a SpaceX rocket doing the boost back burn so that it will land itself back at the pad or on a drone ship.

If you want to see more here is a compilation https://youtu.be/pqMVTDojZAM

Here are some of space X landing the first stage rockets https://youtu.be/_2W8q6_GW-c

That’s how rocket launches look in the upper atmosphere. The bright thing that falls away is the lower stage of a SpaceX rocket doing the boost back burn so that it will land itself back at the pad or on a drone ship.

If you want to see more here is a compilation https://youtu.be/pqMVTDojZAM