SpaceX rocket launch lights up Tucson sky
- Arizona Daily Star
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The trail from a Falcon 9 medium-lift rocket is seen Tuesday night over the Tucson city lights. The SpaceX mission, launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base more than 600 miles northwest of Tucson, distributed 20 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
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