SpaceX launches another Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base

Published: Jun 28, 2024 Duration: 00:03:52 Category: News & Politics

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HEADING INTO SPACE . IT ARRIVED AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION JUNE 6. >> ANOTHER SPACE X LAUNCH MOMENTS AWAY AT VANDENBERG SPACE FOR SPACE TONIGHT. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW, SKY COW ALSO GETTING A LOOK LIVE FROM THOUSAND OAKS. TONIGHT'S MISSION WILL BRING ANOTHER BATCH OF NEXT-GENERATION SPY SATELLITES, THIS BY THE WAY IS THE EIGHTH FLIGHT FOR THE BOOSTER SUPPORTING THE FALCON NINE ROCKETS. >> LET'S GO TO DESMOND SHAW IN SKYCAL TO GET MORE INFORMATION, HELLO DESMOND. >> WEIRD T -20/2 SO LAUNCHING OFF, HOPEFULLY IT WILL COME TO FRUITION. SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO CANCEL AT THE LAST SECOND AND YOU MAY REMEMBER A SONG FROM THE MOODY BLUES CALL HIGHER AND HIGHER, I RECOMMEND IF YOU HAVE PUT IT ON AS THE LAUNCH COMMENCES, THAT SONG THAT IT WAS DEDICATED TO THE APOLLO MOON LANDING SO IT SHOULD BE COMING RIGHT ABOUT THIS ANGLE , MY PILOT DYLAN GETTING READY TO ASSIST ME . IT USUALLY TAKES A COUPLE MINUTES TO RAISE FROM THE MOUNTAINS AS WE HAVE THE SUN SETTING AS WELL TO THE WEST SO LET US SEE, WE SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE THIS ANY SECOND NOW, JUST TO THE RIGHT, TO THE LEFT I MEAN I'M BEING TOLD AND LEFT, LEFT, IT'S THAT FAR TO THE LEFT? I THINK TOO FAR LEFT . WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT HERE. THERE IT COMES UP OVER THE HORIZON OUT OF VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE. >> IT'S DEFINITELY UP IN THE AIR, WE HAVE THAT PICTURE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE AND NOW WE SEE THAT RED GLOW IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SHOT FROM SKYCAL. >> ALWAYS IMPRESSIVE AND AS YOU SPEAK ALONG THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE SEND IN SO MUCH VIDEO OF THIS HAPPENING BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A WONDER TO SEE IN THE SKY . WHEN IT TAKES OFF LIKE THAT YOU CAN SEE IT ALL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR VIDEO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEND IT IN. >> VANDENBERG SPACE FOR SPACE NOT CLOSE TO WHERE WE ARE BUT IT'S INCREDIBLE IN SO MANY AREAS OF LOS ANGELES LIKE YOU SAID, YOU GO INTO SOCIAL MEDIA AND PEOPLE FROM AS FAR AWAY AS THE INLAND EMPIRE TO FOLKSIN LOS ANGELES, BURBANK AREA, STUDIO CITY, WE SEE IT AND IT SEEMS SO CLOSE . >> IT'S SO NEAT TO SEE THE FINAL STAGE OF THIS AS THE PART OF THE APPARATUS HERE WILL ACTUALLY COME BACK DOWN AND THE LANDOWNER IN THE OCEAN ON SOMETHING THAT'S FLOATING SO IT'S PRETTY NEAT TO SEE THE POSITION OF IT ALL. WE SEE THIS HAPPEN OFTEN . >> YOU KNOW WHAT'S INTERESTING SUSIE, IT'S GOING TO BE LANDING ON A DRONE SHIP THAT'S CALLED OF COURSE I STILL LOVE YOU . AND IT'S STATIONED OUT THERE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND THIS HAS BECOME SO COMMON. WE'VE SEEN THESE ROCKETS TAKE OFF, TAKE A PAYLOAD UP IN THE SPACE. USUALLY DOZENS OF SATELLITES GO UP THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW THAT TAKES PLACE, ONCE THEY ARE THERE HOW THEY SET THEM ALL UP AND GET INTO POSITION BUT THE BOOSTER ROCKET COMES BACK DOWN WITH PRECISION. >> IT'S USED OVER AND OVER AND COMES DOWN IN ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES OR SO SO THE WHOLE PROCESS ITSELF IS NOT LONG AT ALL BUT IT'S SO IMPRESSIVE TO SEE AS JUAN WAS TALKING ABOUT , OF COURSE I STILL LOVE YOU ON THE DRONE SHIP THAT IT WILL BE LANDING ON SO WE WILL SHOW YOU THAT I'M SURE LATER ON IN OUR NEWSCAST THROUGH THE NIGHT HERE ON KCAL ANOTHER ROCKET LAUNCH. >> PRETTY IMPRESSIVE AND THAT WAS DETACHMENT RIGHT THERE WHERE THE ROCKET THAT

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