Residents across Southern California were dazzled by a SpaceX launch that briefly illuminated the skyline. Miss it? Check out our video.

SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California's central coast today in the company's 11th Falcon 9 rocket flight of 2025 (Jan. 24).

A SpaceX launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base caught the attention of many as it was seen across Southern California Friday morning.

At the crack of dawn Friday, Shell Beach resident Erik Olson stood on his balcony to catch a glimpse of a scheduled rocket launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base as it painted the sky above San Luis Obispo County. Olson follows all the rocket activity from Vandenberg, but said this morning’s launch was “particularly impressive.”

SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Monday afternoon that will carry internet-beaming Starlink satellites into orbit.

SpaceX’s next Starlink launch and second launch of the week from California will be the Group 11-6 mission, which will launch from SLC-4E at VSFB. The four-hour launch window opens on Friday, Jan. 24, at 5:54 AM PST (13:54 UTC). The launch took place at 6:07 AM PST (14:07 UTC) carrying 23 V2 Mini satellites to LEO.

SpaceX launched a new round of Starlink satellites into lower Earth orbit on its 11th launch of 2025, setting it on pace to break another one-year launch record.

Southern California residents who were looking up at the skies early Friday were treated to a dazzling display as SpaceX launched 23 satellites into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.

A batch of Starlink internet satellites were deployed Friday in an early morning SpaceX rocket launch from the Santa Barbara County coast. The Falcon 9 launch shortly after 6 a.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base ushered 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.