SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California as Falcon 9 cadence slows (video)

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSpaceX launched twenty-seven Starlink satellites from Vandenberg in California on Friday, and Spaceflight Now says it took four attempts after three days of scrubs.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSpaceflight Now says the earlier tries were stopped by technical issues and poor weather, so it's a launch that had to be asked nicely.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRoll it. This is file footage from the archive, not Friday's launch, but the climb is the same.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm not watching. Okay, the flame is very orange.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWatch the plume here. It goes long and white right through the clouds, and that's the whole show.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThere it goes, curving off. Run it back.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe booster was on its thirty-sixth flight.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentViral Score, eight out of ten, because it's the only thing in this clip that didn't need a second take.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFour attempts, Kenji. I'd like to see you land a fourth take of anything.