The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Spaceflight SSO SmallSat Express A satellites blasts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base December 3, 2018 near Lompoc, California. The SmallSat Express is the first fully dedicated rideshare mission carrying 64 spacecraft from 34 different organizations into a Sun-Synchronous Low Earth Orbit.

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Location: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California, USA
Photo credit: © US Air Force Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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