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SpaceX Lands Used Falcon 9 on West Coast for First Time (VIDEOS)

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - SpaceX has for the first time landed a Falcon 9 booster on the West Coast, shortly after the rocket deployed an Argentine satellite to low... 08.10.2018, Sputnik International

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SpaceX Lands Used Falcon 9 on West Coast for First Time (VIDEOS)

03:37 GMT 08.10.2018 (Updated: 12:18 GMT 06.08.2022)

© REUTERS / Mike Brown A long exposure photograph shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 lifting off (L) from its launch pad and then returning to a landing zone (R) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on the launcher's first mission since a June failure, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, December 21, 2015.

A long exposure photograph shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 lifting off (L) from its launch pad and then returning to a landing zone (R) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on the launcher's first mission since a June failure, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, December 21, 2015. - Sputnik International

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - SpaceX has for the first time landed a Falcon 9 booster on the West Coast, shortly after the rocket deployed an Argentine satellite to low Earth orbit.

"Falcon 9 has landed – first West Coast land landing of an orbital class rocket booster… Successful deployment of SAOCOM 1A to low Earth orbit confirmed," the firm tweeted.

The rocket carrying the Earth-monitoring satellite blasted off Sunday from a launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base northwest of Lompoc, California.

My view of the @SpaceX launch from @NBCLA. pic.twitter.com/iW3x7IT0Qo
— David Biggar (@DavidNBCLA) 8 октября 2018 г.

Me: doing laundry
My sister: (Screaming) “Get outside QUICK!!”
Me: 😳 Drops laundry & grabs phone… #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/DFabdMYDCN
— Gabby Douglas (@gabrielledoug) 8 октября 2018 г.

@SpaceX @elonmusk #SpaceX launch tonight was amazing!!! pic.twitter.com/ktqo30JjTC
— Krystal Davis (@Teetixoxo) October 8, 2018

SpaceX has already touched down reusable boosters on drone ships in the ocean and on concrete pads in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

But this was the first time a booster made a ground landing on the West Coast, on Vandenberg's Landing Zone 4, marking the 30th successful landing of a rocket booster.