{"id":21123,"date":"2025-07-19T09:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T09:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/21123\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T09:13:07","slug":"arizonans-spot-spacex-rocket-with-comet-like-trail-in-night-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/21123\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizonans spot SpaceX rocket with comet-like trail in night sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">PHOENIX (AZFamily) \u2014 Friday night brought something special in the night sky for many Arizonans. A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Vandenberg+Space+Force+Base,+CA\/@34.6517187,-120.0172145,9.33z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x80ec17dd388ccd39:0x6738159f65a64f81!8m2!3d34.7508627!4d-120.520532!16s%2Fg%2F1tg5cf0s?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIwNS4xIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExMjM0SAFQAw%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Vandenberg+Space+Force+Base,+CA\/@34.6517187,-120.0172145,9.33z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x80ec17dd388ccd39:0x6738159f65a64f81!8m2!3d34.7508627!4d-120.520532!16s%2Fg%2F1tg5cf0s?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIwNS4xIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExMjM0SAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\">Vandenberg Space Force Base<\/a> in Southern California just before 9 p.m. and people all over the southwest saw the comet-like trail the rocket had.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Even though the sun set just after 7:30 p.m., the rocket\u2019s exhaust plume was still illuminated in the night sky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">The rocket is carrying 24 Starlink satellites that will be placed in low-Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">After the rocket splits off, the Falcon 9\u2019s first stage is expected to land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Some people in Southern and central California may have heard one or more sonic booms during the launch, but nothing like that was heard in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">A similar launch that could be seen in Arizona <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/06\/17\/spacex-rocket-illuminates-sky-with-comet-like-trail-across-arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/06\/17\/spacex-rocket-illuminates-sky-with-comet-like-trail-across-arizona\/\">happened about a month ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KTVK\/KPHO. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX (AZFamily) \u2014 Friday night brought something special in the night sky for many Arizonans. 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