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

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.

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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.