Musk's SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket for US government agency
It was the second Falcon 9 launch of the day, with the first having deployed 21 Starlink internet satellites into orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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00:00A SpaceX rocket lifted off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California late Thursday
00:07night.
00:08The rocket, a Falcon 9, is carrying a batch of Starshield spy satellites for the U.S.
00:13National Reconnaissance Office.
00:16It was the second Falcon 9 launch of the day, the first sending 21 of the company's Starlink
00:21Internet satellites into orbit.
00:24The rocket aced its landing on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship in the Pacific
00:29Ocean.