PHOTOS: SpaceX launch lights up Bay Area skies

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Friday, January 24, 2025
PHOTOS: SpaceX launch lights up Bay Area skies
Bruce Wismer

Bright, unusual lights overlooking the Bay Area were reported just after 6 a.m. on Friday. Turns out, it wasn't aliens. It was a scheduled SpaceX launch.

According to a post on X, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday morning.

Within minutes of the sighting, photos and videos came flooding into the ABC7 newsroom asking what this mysterious blob was.

Here's a look at what was sent in.


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