(National Weather Service via Twitter)
(National Weather Service via Twitter)
Halloween is almost here but those eerie lights seen over the Las Vegas Valley early Thursday night were of earthly origins. California origins, that is.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 53 Starlink satellites for the company from Vandenberg Air Force Base, about 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles, about 6:25 p.m, according to spacex.com.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/B0Il6HsYBS
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 28, 2022
The streaks from the rocket could be seen over valley skies. In December 2018, a Falcon 9 rocket could be seen in parts of the Southwest.
Any of you launch a missile or summon a meteor? pic.twitter.com/3Sph1aTiI4
— Ricardo Torres-Cortez (@rickytwrites) October 28, 2022
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship pic.twitter.com/bIFlERy14S
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 28, 2022