A time exposure of the launch as seen under the light of a Full Moon from South Beach in Vero Beach. The rocket traveled on a southerly trajectory taking it along the coast.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 49 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center at 9:02 p.m. on 18 January 2022. Following stage separation, the Falcon 9’s first stage successfully landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.