{"id":3214,"date":"2018-10-13T05:32:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T05:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/elon-musks-spacex-rocket-lights-up-california-sky\/"},"modified":"2018-10-13T05:32:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-13T05:32:01","slug":"elon-musks-spacex-rocket-lights-up-california-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/elon-musks-spacex-rocket-lights-up-california-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX rocket lights up California sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-placeholder player-with-placeholder__image lead-video-placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p06nb7v4.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Media playback is unsupported on your device<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"media-with-caption__caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Media caption<\/span>SpaceX lights up the skies over California<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX company has successfully launched a satellite into space from California &#8211; wowing social media users in the process. <\/p>\n<p>The Falcon 9 rocket took Argentine satellite SAOCOM 1A into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, on the coast northwest of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Residents shared photos of the launch, which lit up the skies over the state.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket&#8217;s first &#8211; and reusable &#8211; stage landed successfully, marking the first West Coast landing for a booster.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-45550755\" class=\"story-body__link\">Musk to fly Japan billionaire around moon<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-42969020\" class=\"story-body__link\">Elon Musk&#8217;s Falcon rocket soars to space<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taking off at about 19:21 local time (02:21 GMT), the first stage of the rocket returned safely to the air base about eight minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Californians posted videos and photos of the skies after the successful take-off, including Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX has developed reusable rockets in a bid to save costs and attract business. <\/p>\n<p>While the company says this is the 30th landing of a booster, this is the first land touchdown on the West Coast &#8211; the rest have happened on land in Florida and from platforms out at sea.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina&#8217;s satellite will reportedly track natural disasters, crop yields and soil-moisture levels from 385 miles (620km) above the earth.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1049156232030736385\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">Elon Musk also tweeted photos of his company&#8217;s launch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The entrepreneur has been in the spotlight recently, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-45754299\" class=\"story-body__link\">mocking the Securities and Exchange Commission<\/a> in a tweet just days after reaching an agreement with it over fraud charges. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-45560987\" class=\"story-body__link\">The weird and wonderful life of Elon Musk<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-42992143\" class=\"story-body__link\">The man who sent his sports car into space<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-45782510\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSpaceX lights up the skies over California Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX company has successfully launched a satellite into space from California &#8211; 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