SpaceX Starlink 145 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 11 March 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-145 / Starlink 7-17) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 11 March 2024, at 04:09 UTC (10 March, at 21:09 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 (B1063) previously supported 16 missions: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, OneWeb 19/Iridium-9, SDA Tranche 0B (SDA-0B) and 11 Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX