News Alert!!: Lompoc, CA: Bright light seen streaking across the sky was from a SpaceX rocket launch.

News Alert!!: Lompoc, CA: Bright light seen streaking across the sky was from a SpaceX rocket launch.

If you were wondering what was that bright light streaking across the sky at around 5:30pm PT on Friday, December 22nd, 2017, a SpaceX rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California.

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People from all across southern California as well as in Arizona reported seeing this bright light streaking across the sky.

According to SpaceX, this is the fourth flight for long-time customer Iridium.