For the third time in a week, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will blast off over Southern California to deliver Starlink satellites into orbit.
The next rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California is due to liftoff Friday, May 16. The impending mission is the third Starlink satellite deployment that Elon Musk’s commercial spaceflight company has conducted within a week from the California launch site.
Once again, SpaceX’s famous two-stage Falcon 9 rocket will get off the ground to deliver a batch of 26 internet-beaming satellites into what’s called low-Earth orbit – an altitude that allows for things like satellites to circle Earth fairly quickly…