SpaceX Starlink 19 launch & Falcon 9 first stage failed landing, 16 February 2021

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink satellites (Starlink-18) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, on 16 February 2021, at 03:59 UTC (15 February, at 22:59 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1059) failed to land on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage previously supported five other missions: Dragon’s 19th and 20th commercial resupply missions to the International Space Station, a Starlink mission, the SAOCOM 1B mission, and the NROL-108 mission. Credit: SpaceX