Update by the edhat staff
On Friday, February 17 at 11:12 a.m., Falcon 9 launched 51 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
This was the ninth launch and landing for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, launched which previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, and now seven Starlink missions.
Watch the full launch below:
Reported by an edhat reader
At approximately 11:20 am Friday, we heard in the distance a series of forceful “booms” which lasted about 1 full minute, seemingly coming due west from the Ellwood Beach area. No rocket launch to be seen from the Vandenberg direction, though.Any ideas of what it could have been?