SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 7:04 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.
The Falcon 9 lifted 28 Starlink broadband internet satellites into orbit. About 8 1/2 minutes after liftoff, the rocket’s booster landed on the SpaceX drone ship, Of Course I Still Love You, according to Spaceflight Now.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies on a southeasterly trajectory off the California coast carrying 28 Starlink broadband internet satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County at 7:04 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, as seen from Van Nuys. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer) -
A jet aircraft passes by as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies on a southeasterly trajectory off the California coast carrying 28 Starlink broadband internet satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County at 7:04 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, as seen from Van Nuys. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer) -
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies on a southeasterly trajectory off the California coast carrying 28 Starlink broadband internet satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County at 7:04 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, as seen from Van Nuys. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer) -
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies on a southeasterly trajectory off the California coast carrying 28 Starlink broadband internet satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County at 7:04 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, as seen from Van Nuys. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer) -
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies on a southeasterly trajectory off the California coast carrying 28 Starlink broadband internet satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County at 7:04 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, as seen from Van Nuys. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer) -
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket appears to pass the moon as it flies on a southeasterly trajectory off the California coast carrying 28 Starlink broadband internet satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County at 7:04 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, as seen from Van Nuys. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer) -
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies on a southeasterly trajectory off the California coast carrying 28 Starlink broadband internet satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County at 7:04 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, as seen from Van Nuys. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer) -
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies on a southeasterly trajectory off the California coast carrying 28 Starlink broadband internet satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County at 7:04 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, as seen from Van Nuys. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer) -
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies on a southeasterly trajectory off the California coast carrying 28 Starlink broadband internet satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County at 7:04 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, as seen from Van Nuys. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies on a southeasterly trajectory off the California coast carrying 28 Starlink broadband internet satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County at 7:04 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, as seen from Van Nuys. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)
The Elon Musk-founded SpaceX has completed 124 Falcon 9 launches so far this year, Spaceflight Now reported.