A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster rocket successfully launched Saturday to deploy 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit Saturday evening from the Space Force Base in Vandenberg, Calif.
A timed exposure shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flying into a low deck of clouds after launching from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 21 in a mission nearly identical to Saturday's successful launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Station in California. File Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The launch proceeded without any problems at 5:38 p.m. PST and reached a maximum speed of 8,000 mph before the primary rocket engine cut off and separated from its payload, which continued its journey with the help of the vacuum of space. Advertisement The Falcon 9 booster rocket reached a maximum altitude of about 120…