SpaceX Starlink 112 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 9 October 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 21 Starlink satellites (Starlink-112 / Starlink 7-4) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 9 October 2023, at 07:43 UTC (00:43 PDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1063) previously supported thirteen missions: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, OneWeb 19/Iridium-9, SDA Tranche 0B (SDA-0B) and eight Starlink missions.