It's finally off! A rocket launch originally planned for the Central Coast last week, and then delayed multiple times due to weather issues, has finally occurred.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Santa Barbara County's Vandenberg Space Force Base at 4:35 Tuesday afternoon. With mostly clear skies, the launch was visible throughout much of the Tri-Counties.
The rocket carried 22 communications satellites into orbit.
The reusable first-stage booster successfully landed on a barge off the West Coast.
