SpaceX launches Starlink internet satellites from Vandenberg

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies carrying a payload of 22 Starlink satellites into space after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on January 28, 2024 as seen from Los Angeles, California.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies carrying a payload of 22 Starlink satellites into space after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on January 28, 2024 as seen from Los Angeles, California. Photo credit Mario Tama/Getty Images

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink internet satellites was successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base Monday.

It was part of two launches -- the other was at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida -- Sunday with 45 satellites on board to put in orbit.

The Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg was carrying 22 satellites and launched at 9:57 p.m. Sunday. The rocket from the Kennedy Space Center was carrying 23 satellites and launched at 9:15 p.m. Sunday.

SpaceX is a satellite communications and space exploration company founded in 2002 with headquarters in Hawthorne.

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