SpaceX launches 46 Starlink Satellites into orbit

SpaceX Launches 46 Satellites into space

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Vandenberg Space force Base, California

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaked across the california...

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...sky as it carried 46 Starlink satellites into orbit late Tuesday night.

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The rocket blasted off from coastal Vandenberg Space Force Base at 10:40 P.M.

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The Satellites were later deployed from the rocket's second stage.

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The Falcon 9's reusable first stage successfully...

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...touched down on a seagoing landing platform in the Pacific ocean.

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