SpaceX launches rockets from opposite coasts, ties mission total

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Oct. 19 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched a pair of Falcon 9 rockets from opposite coasts Sunday, sending a total of 56 satellites into low-Earth orbit, adding to the growing Starlink commercial fleet. The first launch occurred at 1:39 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral. Space Force Station and the second lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California at 12:24 p.m. PDT. The first launch marked a record 31st time that the first stage fuel booster rocket was employed to power a Falcon 9 liftoff.