Hawthorne-based SpaceX launch sets off show in skies over Southern California – Daily Breeze
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A SpaceX 7-18 Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg SFB and travels down the west coast scene, from Dodger Stadium Los Angeles CA/USA on Monday, April 1, 2024. The vehicle was delayed by a few days due to thunderstorms. It is carrying 22 Starlink Satellites into orbit. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photojournalist)
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base’s pad 4E Monday night, April 1, 2024, at 7:30pm. The sunset launch of Starlink satellites as seen from Royal Palms Park, San Pedro. The Palos Verdes Peninsula is in the background. Chuck Bennett is the contributing photographer.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base’s pad 4E Monday night, April 1, 2024, at 7:30pm. The sunset launch of Starlink satellites as seen from Royal Palms Park, San Pedro. The Palos Verdes Peninsula is in the background. Chuck Bennett is the contributing photographer.
After a few postponements Hawthorne’s SpaceX was able to launch a Falcon 9 with 22 Starlink Satellites on Monday, April 1 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Santa Barbara County. Photo: Courtesy SpaceX
On Monday evening, the trail of a SpaceX Falcon 9 was visible over Southern California. Photo: Dean Musgrove, SCNG
After a few postponements Hawthorne’s SpaceX was able to launch a Falcon 9 with 22 Starlink Satellites on Monday, April 1 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Santa Barbara County. Photo: Courtesy SpaceX
After a few postponements Hawthorne’s SpaceX was able to launch a Falcon 9 with 22 Starlink Satellites on Monday, April 1 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Santa Barbara County. Photo: Courtesy SpaceX
A SpaceX 7-18 Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg SFB and travels down the west coast scene, from Dodger Stadium Los Angeles CA/USA on Monday, April 1, 2024. The vehicle was delayed for a few weeks by thunderstorms. It will launch 22 Starlink satellites. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photojournalist)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 7-18 rocket launches from Vandenberg SFB on Monday, April 1, 2020, heading down the westcoast scene from Dodger Stadium Los Angeles CA/USA. The vehicle was delayed for a few weeks by thunderstorms. It will launch 22 Starlink satellites. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photojournalist)
San Diego CA – April 1: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, lights up the sky on Monday, April 1, 2024. (K.C. The San Diego Union Tribune / K.C.
San Diego CA – April 1: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, lights up the sky over Petco Park as the San Diego Padres played the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday, April 1, 2024. (K.C. The San Diego Union Tribune / K.C.
San Diego CA – April 1: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, lights up the sky over Petco Park as the San Diego Padres played the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday, April 1, 2024. (K.C. The San Diego Union Tribune / K.C.
San Diego CA – April 1: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, lights up the sky over Petco Park as the San Diego Padres played the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday, April 1, 2024. (K.C. The San Diego Union Tribune / K.C.
SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 01: People walk on a pier beneath the contrail from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 22 Starlink internet satellites into space after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 1, 2024 in San Clemente, California. The launch could be seen from most of Southern California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 01: The contrail remains visible above the Pacific Ocean from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 22 Starlink internet satellites into space after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 1, 2024 in San Clemente, California. The launch could be seen from most of Southern California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images).
SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 01: The contrail remains visible above the Pacific Ocean from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 22 Starlink internet satellites into space after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 1, 2024 in San Clemente, California. The launch could be seen from most of Southern California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images).
SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 01: People walk on a pier beneath the contrail remaining from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 22 Starlink internet satellites into space after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 1, 2024 in San Clemente, California. The launch could be seen from most of Southern California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images).
SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 01: A person takes photos on a pier beneath the contrail remaining from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 22 Starlink internet satellites into space after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 1, 2024 in San Clemente, California. The launch could be seen from most of Southern California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images).
SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 01: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies above the Pacific Ocean carrying a payload of 22 Starlink internet satellites into space after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 1, 2024 as seen from San Clemente, California. The launch could be seen from most of Southern California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images).
SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 01: A person walks on a pier beneath the contrail remaining from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 22 Starlink internet satellites into space after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 1, 2024 in San Clemente, California. The launch could be seen from most of Southern California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images).
After a few postponements, Hawthorne’s SpaceX celebrated a successful launch of a Falcon 9 carrying a total of 22 Starlink satellites on Monday, April 1 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Santa Barbara County.
The rocket took off at 7:30 pm, marking the 15th launch for the mission’s booster. It returned to Earth, and successfully landed on SpaceX’s Of Course, I Still Love You drone vessel, stationed offshore.
The rocket’s trail was visible in the sunset skies of Southern California, and over Dodger Stadium as the Blue Crew played the San Francisco Giants.
The launch was originally planned for Thursday, but the mission has been postponed several times due to bad weather in Western Canada.
Starlink, a SpaceX subsidiary, delivers broadband internet through satellites in a low-Earth orbit, according to company officials.
SpaceX is headquartered at the South Bay and designs, builds and launches advanced spacecraft and rockets. Elon Musk, a billionaire entrepreneur who owns Tesla Electric Vehicles and X (formerly Twitter), founded the company in February 2002.
SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets successfully from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Saturday.
The Eutelsat36D was launched by a Falcon 9 at 5:52 PM on Saturday night. The booster returned to the Just Read the Instructions drone vessel in the Atlantic Ocean shortly after the launch.
Just under four-hours later, at 9:30 p.m., a Falcon 9 rocket with 23 Starlink Satellites was launched by the Cape Canaveral Space Force Launch Complex. Satellites were successfully deployed.
SpaceX almost completed an hour-long test flight on its mega rocket’s third attempt on March 14, but it lost the spacecraft as it returned to Earth.
Two test flight last year ended in explosions moments after liftoff. Elon Musk and NASA hailed this effort as a victory, as Starship flew higher and further than ever before. The space agency is relying on Starship’s ability to land its astronauts in the moon within a few more years.
The Starship, a rocket measuring 400 feet in length, is the most powerful and largest rocket ever built.
NASA needs Starship’s success to land astronauts on moon in two to three years. This new crop of moonwalkers — the first since last century’s Apollo program — will descend to the lunar surface in a Starship after transferring from NASA’s Orion capsule in lunar orbit.
