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SpaceX launches Starlink satellite at a California space station

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - SpaceX launched its second Falcon 9 rocket Monday morning from the Vandenberg Space Force Base.

The rocket lifted off at 12:57am Eastern.

The launch follows the Starlink 6-38 Mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center less than five hours earlier.

In addition, the West Coast launch adds another 22 Starlink satellites to a constellation with more than 5,300 satellites in orbit.

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