Rocket launches in California take place at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.

Depending on conditions, the spacecraft can be seen across Southern California and often even neighboring Arizona as it ascends.

After a busy month of September, SpaceX has just one Starlink mission on the schedule so far for October at the Vandenberg Space Force Base .

The commercial spaceflight company founded by billionaire Elon Musk launched its two-stage Falcon 9 rocket eight times in September from the California spaceport. Of those missions, six were standard Starlink internet satellite deployments , while two were contracted missions with the U.S. government to deploy reconnaissance satellites .

Will October be just as jam-packed for SpaceX? That remains to be seen, but

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