The skies of Southern California were aglow Monday evening as a?SpaceX ロケット/急騰する streaked across on its way into space.?

The Falcon 9 開始する,打ち上げるd from Vandenberg Space 軍隊 Base?in Santa Barbara 郡,?160 miles northwest of Los Angeles, around 7:30pm leaving a 有望な plume of smoke in its wake.

The visuals were perhaps even more 素晴らしい that usual as the sun had only 始める,決める 15 minutes earlier, but light from our closest 星/主役にする still 攻撃する,衝突する the plume illuminating it.

It 確実にするd the long-追跡するing cloud was 明白な across the 地域 含むing in 隣接地の Arizona< /a>.

開始する,打ち上げるs either just before sunset or just 事前の to sunrise usually 供給する the best 見解(をとる)s as the ロケット/急騰する 反映するs the sun's rays with a dark sky background.

SpaceX had been 予定 to 開始する,打ち上げる the ロケット/急騰する on Saturday but a 週末 嵐/襲撃する meant the 出発 was 延期するd.

This time the ロケット/急騰する was carrying a payload of 22 Starlink 衛星s?into low-Earth 軌道.

The 開始する,打ち上げる was the 11th from Vandenberg Space 軍隊 Base. It was also the 32nd Falcon 9 開始する,打ち上げる of 2024, and the 21st used to help build out the 'Starlink megaconstellation.'

After the 衛星s were (軍隊を)展開する,配備するd, the booster landed on the 'Of Course I Still Love You' droneship in the 太平洋の Ocean.

Starlink is 'the world's first and largest 衛星 星座 using a low Earth 軌道 to 配達する broadband internet 有能な of supporting streaming, online gaming, ビデオ calls and more,' によれば the service's website.

The '星座' of 衛星s consists of thousands of 衛星s that 軌道 Earth at an 高度 of about 340 miles.

The 衛星s then connect to antennas that 使用者s 始める,決める up at their home to 供給する internet 接近.

When light 条件s are 権利, the 衛星s appear in a train as they parade across the night sky.?

The 衛星s are いつかs 明白な in the first few minutes after sundown and before sunrise when the sun is below the horizon, but the 衛星s are high enough to 反映する direct sunlight.