The upcoming mission is the second Tranche 1 satellite deployments the company will carry out on behalf of the Space Development Agency.

If conditions are clear, rocket launches from the Vandenberg Space Force Base can be viewed from as far as Santa Barbara and Los Angeles.

Several locations across Southern California should provide a view of the Falcon 9 rocket either lifting off or soaring overheard.

Among spaceflight enthusiasts, all eyes have been on Texas amid SpaceX's latest Starship rocket test from its Starbase headquarters. But billionaire Elon Musk's company is also still carrying out operations from the West Coast .

That includes plans for SpaceX to help launch military satellites into orbit from Southern California. The upcoming mission, the second of 10 Tranche 1 sat

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