Watch the Falcon 9 launch from pad 39A

The International Space Station’s first three-man crew moved in on Nov. 2, 2000, 15 years ago Monday, the first of 45 expeditions to date that have logged a decade and a half of continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit.

The Starlink 11-25 mission saw the Falcon 9 rocket fly on a south-easterly trajectory upon leaving the pad. SpaceX completed liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:42 p.m. PST (3:42 p.m. EST / 2042 UTC).

The Falcon 9 rocket launched an undisclosed number of satellites, which are believed to be Starshield satellites, a government variant of Starlink. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened Friday, June 19, at 1:50:45 a.m. PDT (4:50:45 a.m. EDT / 0850:45 UTC).