SpaceX rocket lights up early morning sky above Hampton Roads

Virginians who spotted a glowing light streaking across the early morning sky Saturday weren’t seeing a UFO — it was a SpaceX rocket.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 5:01 a.m. on July 26, according to Spaceflight Now.

The rocket carried 28 Starlink satellites, which were deployed about an hour after launch, SpaceX said in a social media post…

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