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A SpaceX rocket launch is seen on Sunday while looking northwest from Francis Bay on St. John. (Photo by David Wells)
A SpaceX rocket launch is seen on Sunday while looking northwest from Francis Bay on St. John. (Photo by David Wells)

David Wells captured these images of the latest SpaceX rocket launch at 7:13 p.m. on Sunday while looking northwest from Francis Bay on St. John.

According to industry publication Spaceflight Now, the company successfully launched a 230-foot Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida just after 7 p.m. on Sunday that will deploy 23 more of its Starlink internet-beaming satellites into low-Earth orbit.

SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, provides launch services and owns StarLink, a satellite internet startup. Its Florida rocket launches are often visible from the Virgin Islands.

A 230-foot Falcon 9 rocket is seen in the U.S. Virgin Islands as its blasts off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida just after 7 p.m. on Sunday. (Photo by David Wells)
A Falcon 9 rocket is seen in the U.S. Virgin Islands as its blasts off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida just after 7 p.m. on Sunday. (Photo by David Wells)