A SpaceX rocket illuminated the night sky with its exhaust plume after launching Sunday from the Vandenberg Space Force Base near the Santa Barbara County coast.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched just after 7 p.m. and could be seen for miles across Santa Barbara, LA and Orange counties.

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This was the 28th flight for the first stage booster supporting the mission to send dozens of Starlink satelites into orbit, according to SpaceX .

Several people on social media reported hearing a sonic boom, which the space company anticipated.

SpaceX has a Starlink constellation of satellites orbiting Earth about 340 miles up, shuttled into space by the company's rockets . The Starlink network is designed to deliver hi

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