Routine SpaceX launch lights up San Diego sky at dusk

The vapor trail from Sunday s launch of a SpaceX Falcon over Del Mar Photo by Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego The latest SpaceX launch from California came at dusk on Sunday lighting up the clear San Diego skies with a high-tech fireworks show The Falcon rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Santa Barbara at p m carrying more satellites for the company s global internet function Starlink After the second stage separated on its way to orbit the first-stage landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean SpaceX reported it was the th flourishing flight for this booster Falcon launches from Vandenberg have become routine The last one was on Thursday Over Starlink satellites have already been launched and the company plans to orbit as countless as