SpaceX livestreams every single one of its rocket launches, most of them involving its workhorse Falcon 9 vehicle.<\/p>\n
The vast majority of the Falcon 9 launches take place from Florida\u2019s Space Coast, but the company also uses Vandenberg Space Force Base in California for occasional missions.<\/p>\n
Its latest launch from the West Coast took place on Saturday, with a Falcon 9 deploying 27 Starlink internet satellites to low-Earth orbit.<\/p>\n
It was the ninth flight for this particular first-stage booster, which previously launched SDA T1TL-B<\/a>, SDA T1TL-C<\/a>, and now seven Starlink missions.<\/p>\n Following stage separation, the rocket\u2019s first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean, paving the way for more flights using the same booster<\/a>.<\/p>\n What made Saturday\u2019s launch unusual was that it took place in thick fog. It meant that you couldn\u2019t even see the rocket as its engines ignited and it left the launchpad. Instead, the low cloud surrounding the launch site glowed orange as the rocket headed skyward. The camera view on SpaceX\u2019s livestream then cut to a booster\u2019s-eye view and showed the rocket rapidly clearing the low cloud as it roared its way to orbit.<\/p>\n SpaceX has launched the Starlink Group 15-12 mission, aboard the Falcon 9 B1093-9 from a foggy SLC-4E at the Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), in California, sending 28 Starlink v2 Mini satellites, into Low Earth Orbit.@NASASpaceflight<\/a> Overview: https:\/\/t.co\/LaCHUiyioW<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/gD9hmY9oQf<\/a><\/p>\n