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Watch: SpaceX California rocket launch sends up more Starlink satellites

The launch sent 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.

Watch: SpaceX California rocket launch sends up more Starlink satellites

The launch sent 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.

DATA WAS USED FROM THE PAST TWO YEARS IN SPACE NEWS NOW. SPACE X HELD ANOTHER STARLINK LAUNCH LAST NIGHT. FALCON NINE ROCKET LIFTED OFF FROM ITS PAD AT VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE JUST BEFORE 730. OUR TIME THIS LAUNCH SENT 22 STARLINK SATELLITES INTO LOW EARTH ORBIT. IT IS THE 10TH LAUNCH FOR THE FIRST STAGE BOOSTER USED ON THIS FLIGHT. IT PREVIOUSLY LAUNCHED TWO MISSIONS FOR THE US SPACE
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Watch: SpaceX California rocket launch sends up more Starlink satellites

The launch sent 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.

SpaceX held another Starlink launch Monday night in California. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from its pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base just before 7:30 p.m. A photo shared by Getty Images showed people watching the launch from the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, where the rocket made a trail across the sky. The launch sent 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. It was the 10th launch for the first-stage booster used on the flight. It previously launched two missions for the US Space Development Agency as well as seven other Starlink missions.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.

SpaceX held another Starlink launch Monday night in California.

The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from its pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base just before 7:30 p.m.

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A photo shared by Getty Images showed people watching the launch from the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, where the rocket made a trail across the sky.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 18: People stand at Griffith Observatory as they view a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 22 Starlink internet satellites into space, after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base, on March 18, 2024 as seen from Los Angeles, California. The launch was visible across much of Southern California and occurred four days after the third test flight of the Starship rocket which launched from Texas.  (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Mario Tama

The launch sent 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. It was the 10th launch for the first-stage booster used on the flight.

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It previously launched two missions for the US Space Development Agency as well as seven other Starlink missions.

LOS ANGELES, CA MARCH 18: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink 7-16 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday, March 18, 2024 as seen from Chinatown in Los Angeles, CA. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Myung J. Chun

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