Last Night's Launch of a Falcon 9 Rocket from Vandenberg SFB

I heard on the radio yesterday that SpaceX was going to be sending up another Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base at a little after 9pm last night. It was a nice clear night and I hoped that I could see it. Vandenberg is 180 miles away from here but there is no doubt what it is when they launch! It was pretty amazing!

I flew my DJI Mavic Air 2S to a height of 390 feet and waited a few minutes and there it was! The bummer is that I forgot that I could have selected the 2X or even 4X digital zoom and my camera onboard can't point to a position above me so I was not able to see on the video the final leg of the launch what I saw with my own eyes. My folks were also watching from the balcony of their house in La Palma. It was quite a sight!

~ William Flying39