Scroll down to read updates from the launch of the Sunday, December 8 SpaceX Starlink 12-5 mission, which launched from SLC-40. Those up late Saturday night into Sunday morning were in for a show, as SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket.

The Falcon 9 rocket took off on time at 5:13 a.m., lighting up the early morning sky as it flew on a southeast trajectory. Just over eight minutes later, the well-traveled Falcon 9 first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship, which was waiting in the Atlantic Ocean.