SpaceX Starlink 90 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 7 July 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 48 Starlink satellites (Starlink-90 / Starlink 5-13) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 7 July 2023, at 19:29 UTC (12:29 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 (B1063) previously supported eleven missions: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, OneWeb 19/Iridium-9 and seven Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX