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SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites By AP Oct 30, 2022 06:30 AM A A The contrail of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen in the sky, from Pasadena, after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., carrying 53 Starlink satellites into orbit, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/John Antczak) VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lit up the California sky on Thursday evening as it carried 53 Starlink satellites into orbit. The rocket blasted off from coastal Vandenberg Space Force Base at 6:14 p.m. The launch at twilight left a white plume in the sky that was seen over a large area. The satellites were later deployed from the rocket’s second stage. Starlink is a space-based broadband internet system with thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit that provide service around the world. The Falcon 9′s reusable first stage successfully touched down on a seagoing landing platform in the Pacific Ocean. It was the eighth flight of the booster.