SpaceX has been attempting to launch a Falcon 9 rocket since Saturday, Aug. 9 to deploy internet-beaming Starlink satellites from Vandenberg.

SpaceX continued the growth of its broadband internet service with the launch of 24 more Starlink satellites from California on Thursday (Aug. 14).A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 1:05 a.m. EDT (0505 GMT or 10:05 p.

The California Coastal Commission rejected a proposal Thursday to increase the number of yearly rocket launches from Elon Musk’s SpaceX at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The commissioners unanimously voted down the push to increase launches of SpaceX rockets from 50 to 100 a year from the base north of Santa Barbara,