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A news helicopter captured the moment SpaceX launched 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit Monday night (18 March).
The Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Los Angeles just before 7:30pm local time.
Footage from ABC7’s AIR7 HD news chopper shows the rocket streaking across the sky.
The Falcon 9’s first stage returned to Earth around 10 minutes after lift-off.
It landed vertically on the droneship “Of Course I Still Love You” which is stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
