SpaceX Starlink 115 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 21 October 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 21 Starlink satellites (Starlink-115 / Starlink 7-5) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 21 October 2023, at 08:23 UTC (01:23 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 (B1061) previously supported fifteen missions: Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar-2 FM15, EROS C-3 and six Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX