SpaceX launched 26 Starlink satellites from California on Monday evening (June 16). A relatively new Falcon 9 rocket, making only its third flight, lifted off at 8:36 p.m. PDT local (11:36 p.m. EDT or 0336 GMT June 17) from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

The SpaceX rocket lifted off at 8:36 p.m. from its launchpad at the California base and reached low Earth orbit about 8½ minutes later.

A mere 30 minutes after the sun set on Monday, the sky was again greeted by a streak of light when SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket across the Southern California coast. With a liftoff time of

Leaks aboard the International Space Station, as well as on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, delayed Axiom's next private astronaut mission, but the crew now has a target launch date of June 19.

The twilight liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday night delivered a celestial show for the West Coast. The two-stage

United Launch Alliance is prepped for its second launch of the year on another mission amid Amazon’s effort to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink internet constellation.