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SpaceX successfully completes overnight launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base

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SpaceX completed another overnight launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, the base confirmed early Wednesday morning.

The launch window opened at 12:46 a.m. Wednesday.

Officials confirmed the launch happened at 1:42 a.m.

After lift-off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), it was expected to deliver 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit as part of the Starlink 15-23 mission.

The first-stage booster used to support the mission has been used 34 times, with the booster expected to land on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean following stage separation.

No sonic boom was expected to be heard locally.

The launch marks the 60th launch from Vandenberg so far this year.