We attended a night satellite launch from Canaveral.  We watched from a public viewing area in Titusville 12+ miles away as the crow flies.  We found a good vantage point in a city park along the Indian River.  As launch time approached the crowd grew as did the anticipation.  The TDRS-K(Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) went up on time and we were able to see it through separation with the Centaur rocket.  With such a great distance the roar of the launch was somewhat muffled and delayed over a minute which was a little eerie.  Not as flamboyant as The Shuttle but still, Pretty Cool.