Elon Musk's Rocket Spotted All the Way From Wall, Texas

SAN ANGELO, TX — Last night, you could see Elon Musk's California-launched rocket all the way from Wall, Texas. The skies were relatively clear and dark when the SpaceX Falcon 9 launched over four dozen Starlink satellites into space.

Once the rocket climbed above the relative horizon after launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, across the southwest U.S. people were reporting seeing something crazy in the sky.

The launch was Thursday night at 8:14 p.m. Central Daylight Time. SpaceX reported that the mission successfully deployed 53 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit.

The Starlink flight also featured a landing of the Falcon 9's first stage on a ship at sea that SpaceX named "I Still Love You" that was in the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of California. This was SpaceX's 49th orbital mission of 2022.

The video above is a mashup of two San Angelo area readers' cell phone videos, one from Rebekah Ockler and another from J.D. Verfurth, with official SpaceX footage of the launch.