A SpaceX launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base caught the attention of many as it was seen across Southern California Friday morning.

A batch of Starlink internet satellites were deployed Friday in an early morning SpaceX rocket launch from the Santa Barbara County coast. The Falcon 9 launch shortly after 6 a.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base ushered 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.

Residents across Southern California were dazzled by a SpaceX launch that briefly illuminated the skyline, early Thursday morning.

SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Monday afternoon that will carry internet-beaming Starlink satellites into orbit.

People were buzzing Friday morning about a mysterious light across the early morning California sky. It turned out not to be a mystery at all but a SpaceX rocket launch from Vanderberg Space Force base near Santa Barbara.

At the crack of dawn Friday, Shell Beach resident Erik Olson stood on his balcony to catch a glimpse of a scheduled rocket launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base as it painted the sky above San Luis Obispo County. Olson follows all the rocket activity from Vandenberg, but said this morning’s launch was “particularly impressive.”

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from California's central coast today (Jan. 24). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base today, at 9:07 a.m. EST (1407 GMT; 6:07 a.m. local time).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base created a spectacle in the skies above Southern California Friday morning. This video aired on the KTLA Morning News on Jan. 24, 2024.

A bright light moving over Southern California during the early morning hours Friday had many people wondering just what they were looking at. “A lot of people could see it … even wondering

A California commission has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s SpaceX that accused the agency of political bias after it voted against the space venture company’s bid to add more rocket launches from a U.

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from California's central coast today (Jan. 21). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 10:45 a.m. EST (1545 GMT; 7:45 a.m. local time).

If you saw a strange light in the sky Friday morning, you weren't alone. It was likely the aftermath of a SpaceX launch at about 6 am Friday.