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Mike Wall

RARE PHOTOS: Watch firefly aerospace launch 8 cubesats to orbit tonight - The Real Truth

View from a rocket's upper stage looking down on earth from orbit.

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launched for the fifth time ever earlyt Thursday morning (July 4), sending eight cubesats to orbit.

The mission, which Firefly called "Noise of Summer," launched from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:04 a.m. EDT (0404 GMT; 9:04 p.m. on July 3 local California time). 

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