What was in the sky over Las Vegas on Monday night?
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 23 Starlink satellites into orbit Monday night, the company announced on X.
The space technology company’s launches out of the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California can often be seen from the Las Vegas Valley.
The rocket launched just after 6 p.m. to “low-Earth orbit” from the base, the company said in a news release. This is the 23rd flight for the rocket.
Watch Falcon 9 launch 23 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California https://t.co/5EG6JJEAcZ
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 11, 2025
Falcon 9 could be seen above Las Vegas in March 2024, October 2022 and May 2021 in similar Starlink satellite-launch missions.
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