Starlink Launch Visible Over Downtown Los Angeles

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8 (KNN) — Another Starlink launch graced the skies over Downtown Los Angeles shortly after 12 a.m. Friday.

Per information via SpaceX, SpaceX is targeting Friday, December 8 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 12:03 a.m. PT, with backup opportunities available until 2:15 a.m. PT on Friday, December 8. If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Saturday, December 9 starting at 12:06 a.m. PT.

According to SpaceX, this is the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, and six Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

Gabriel Pabon, Video Journalist / KNN