Arizona
SpaceX satellite launch from California seen across Arizona
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — An early evening, SpaceX rocket lift-off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California lit up our twilight skies and our phone lines here at Arizona’s Family.
The Falcon 9 booster launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit around 7:30 p.m. Phone calls, emails and pictures started pouring into the newsroom after that as the rocket took an unusually low trajectory as it rocketed into space.
According to SpaceX, this is the 10th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched SDA-0A, SARah-2, and seven Starlink missions.
From social media posts, the booster successfully landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which was stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
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