SpaceX Starlink 165 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 14 May 2024

May 14, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 20 Starlink satellites (Starlink-165 / Starlink 8-7) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 14 May 2024, at 18:39 UTC (11:39 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 17 missions: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, OneWeb 19/Iridium-9, SDA Tranche 0B (SDA-0B) and 12 Starlink missions.