Taking to X, Pettit shared a video he shot from the International Space Station (ISS). He filmed it when the station was on the night side of Earth, which made the satellites look like fireflies. Pettit explained that the glow is from the sunlight reflecting off the satellites.

The Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron had pegged the odds of favorable launch weather at greater than 95% at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The weather was looking good as SpaceX launched more than 20 Starlink satellites on Tuesday night. Taking off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 11:41 p.m. ET, SpaceX stated that its Falcon 9 rocket took Starlink 6-76 mission into the deep black.