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      SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night

      Did you look up Friday evening and catch that indescribably weird light in the sky?

      Rest assured, that bizarre object lighting up the sky was not alien visitors, it was just the most recent SpaceX mission.

      The Falcon 9 rocket was launched from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying several Iridium communication satellites into orbit. 

      The launch was visible across state lines due to the rocket’s bright flame.

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      SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night

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      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night
      • SpaceX rocket launch seen across Arizona Friday night

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      Joe Scheiman
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      Wesly Goldschmidt
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      John Meng
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      Perry Ruth
      Sammiy Baca
      Kristi Bell
      Trisha Scholander
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      Bob Taschetta
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      Cassidy Castillo
      Valerie Scott
      Laco Falcon
      Sandy Goliszewska
      Debbie Selvage
      Rodger Marx
      Mary Ann Wolf
      Heather Loar Weekes
      Ron Goforth
      Santhoshkumar Ravikumar
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