SpaceX Starlink 182 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 28 July 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 21 Starlink satellites (Starlink-182 / Starlink 9-4) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 28 July 2024, at 09:22 UTC (02:22 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 16 missions: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, NROL-146 and nine Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX