SpaceX, Starlink and low Earth orbit
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The SpaceX rocket lifted off at 8:36 p.m. from its launchpad at the California base and reached low Earth orbit about 8½ minutes later.
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Space.com on MSNSpaceX, NASA target June 19 for launch of private Ax-4 astronauts after ISS leak repairsLeaks aboard the International Space Station, as well as on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, delayed Axiom's next private astronaut mission, but the crew now has a target launch date of June 19.
When is the rocket launch? SpaceX to send its next batch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California.
The third rocket launch of June from California could be widely visible in the sky, with sonic booms audible for some residents.
United Launch Alliance scrubbed Monday an attempt for what would have been its second launch of the year, another mission for Amazon’s effort to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink internet
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