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- SpaceX Launch Lights Up The Night Sky Over California, Arizona</p>
<p>Renee Straker September 29, 2025 at 5:32 AM</p>
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<p>SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenburg Space Force Base in California Sunday night, creating a brilliant show high above the clouds.</p>
<p>The rocket launched 28 new Starlink internet satellites in low Earth orbit and after takeoff at 7:04 p.m. PDT (10:04 p.m. EDT), people across southern California and Arizona captured beautiful video and photos of the rocket's vapor trail across the sunset and darkening sky.</p>
<p>This was the 16th launch for SpaceX this month. The company now has more than 8,500 active Starlink satellites above our planet.</p>
<p>So what creates those dazzling vapor trails? Weather.com meteorologist Jennifer Gray explains, "Rocket engines produce very hot exhaust gases that contain quite a bit of water vapor, along with other gases and particles. When this hot exhaust mixes with the extremely cold air in the upper atmosphere - the temperature of the gases drops quickly - which causes the water vapor to condense and freeze, creating a visible white trail of ice crystals!"</p>
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