SpaceX Starlink 30 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 14 September 2021

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 51 Starlink satellites (Starlink-30) from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 14 September 2021, at 03:55 UTC (13 September, at 20:55 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 (B1049) previously supported nine missions: Iridium-8, Telstar 18 VANTAGE and seven Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX