SpaceX Starlink 105 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 12 September 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 21 Starlink satellites (Starlink-105 / Starlink 7-2) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 12 September 2023, at 06:57 UTC (11 September, at 23:57 PDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1071) previously supported ten missions: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8 and five Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX