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SpaceX rocket brightens skies over Phoenix area, sparks curiosity, awe

Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off in California, but plenty of skywatchers in Arizona saw the fireworks, too, on its way back to Earth.

KTAR.com BY KTAR.COM
Oct 8, 2018, 8:21 AM Updated: 8:42 am
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In this image made from video provided by SpaceX, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying an Argentinian ...

In this image made from video provided by SpaceX, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying an Argentinian satellite blasts off from the Vandenberg Air Force Base launch site, about 130 miles (209 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. The primary purpose of the mission was to place the SAOCOM 1A satellite into orbit, but SpaceX also wanted to expand its recovery of first stages to its launch site at the Air Force base (SpaceX via AP)

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PHOENIX — Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off in California, but plenty of skywatchers in Arizona saw the fireworks, too, on its way back to Earth.

The rocket launched Sunday around 7:20 p.m. from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County, taking Argentine satellite SAOCOM 1A into the sky. The rocket’s reusable first stage landed back at the base without a problem in less than 10 minutes, a first.

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Previous tests sent the first stage to offshore barges, not back to launch site.

In metro Phoenix, witnesses hit up social media with photos and videos of the peculiar streak of light and ghostlike images they saw.

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