SpaceX Starlink 196 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 15 October 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 20 Starlink satellites (Starlink-196 / Starlink 9-7) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 15 October 2024, at 08:21 UTC (01:21 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 18 missions: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, NROL-146 and 11 Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX