SpaceX has made a habit of landing its Falcon 9 rocket after sending it skyward and now the firm has a new highlight for the reel.

As you might be aware, SpaceX has done a number of launches from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California but landing its rockets has always taken place on drone ships in the ocean.

Now the company has – for the first time – landed a used Falcon 9 rocket on Californian soil.

As it turns out a firm can’t launch and land a rocket from the same launchpad so SpaceX had to await clearance to land its rockets back on terra firma in California. Part of attaining that clearance involved the Federal Aviation Administration conducting a study with a view to figuring out whether Falcon 9 landings would negatively affect the surrounding environment.

Falcon 9 on Landing Zone 4 after delivering SAOCOM 1A to low Earth orbit, marking the 30th successful landing of a rocket booster. pic.twitter.com/8cgAaWlBEl

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 8, 2018

The payload for this launch was the Argentinian space agency’s SAOCOM 1A satellite. The satellite is equipped with radar which will be used to help with emergency and natural disaster response. The satellite will also gather data about the amount of moisture in soil according to The Verge.

“On Sunday, October 7 at 7:21 p.m. PDT, SpaceX successfully launched the SAOCOM 1A satellite from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The satellite was deployed about 12 minutes after liftoff,” SpaceX said in a press release.

The flight marks the 62nd journey of the Falcon 9 and the landing is the 12th successful ground landing for SpaceX. In total SpaceX has completed 30 successful landings.

You can watch the full stream of the launch in the video below.