Falcon 9’s ‘Jellyfish’ Launch & Webb’s Moon-Forming Disk – Space News Roundup (Sept 29–30, 2025)
SpaceX capped September with a spectacular twilight launch. On Sept. 28, a Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg SFB carrying 28 Starlink v2 Mini satellites space.com. Reaching dusk, the rocket’s exhaust expanded into the upper atmosphere and caught the Sun’s rays, creating a brilliant “space jellyfish” effect visible from hundreds of miles. Space.com’s Brett Tingley, camping in Afton Canyon, marveled, “I’ve seen plenty of Falcon 9 ‘jellyfish’ online but never in person. It was lit up gorgeously from below by the setting sun…” space.com. The booster landed on the drone ship “Of Course I Still Love You” in the Pacific, and the second stage successfully deployed all satellites into low Earth orbit. This launch was Falcon 9’s 28th flight of the stage, and the 124th SpaceX launch of 2025 space.com spaceflightnow.com.
