SpaceX sends 27 Starlink satellites to orbit on 100th Falcon rocket launch of the year (video, photos)

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites this morning (Aug. 22) on a milestone mission for the company's Falcon rocket family. A Falcon 9 carrying 27 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today at 3:25 a.m. EDT (0725 GMT; 12:25 a.m. local California time). It was the 99th Falcon 9 liftoff of th

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