Falcon 9 launches SAOCOM 1B & Falcon 9 first stage landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SAOCOM 1B spacecraft, along with the rideshare payloads Tyvak-0172 and PlanetiQ’s GNOMES-1, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on 30 August 2020, at 23:18 UTC (19:18 EDT). SAOCOM 1B is an Earth observation satellite (Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas, Argentine Microwaves Observation Satellite). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1059) landed on Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Block 5 booster previously launched Dragon to the International Space Station for CRS-19 and CRS-20, and SpaceX’s ninth Starlink mission. Credit: SpaceX