SpaceX Transporter-9 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Nov 11, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-9, SpaceX’s ninth dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission with 90 payloads, from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 11 November 2023, at 18:49 UTC (10:49 PST). Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1071) previously supported 11 missions: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8 and six Starlink missions.