SpaceX successfully launches the reusable Falcon 9 rocket from California

On Wednesday night, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California.

On Wednesday night, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California.

The rocket successfully lifted off from the base at 9:09 p.m, carrying a group of Starlink satellites into orbit.

Tuesday night’s launch was aborted five seconds before the scheduled lift-off time of 10:25 p.m. Yesterday’s mission was the second attempt to launch the rocket into space.

According to the company, 15 satellites were carried to low-Earth orbit during Wednesday night’s mission.