SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday

On Sunday night, SpaceX achieved a successful launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

The launch occurred at 9:09 p.m. and involved carrying 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E).

Notably, this marked the 17th flight for the first stage booster, which had previously supported missions such as Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, and 11 Starlink missions, KSBY 6 reported.

Post-stage separation, the first stage executed a successful landing on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

Written by B.C. Begley