SpaceX Starlink 289 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 14 August 2025
Aug 14, 2025
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 24 Starlink satellites (Starlink-289 / Starlink 17-4) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 14 August 2025, at 05:05 UTC (13 August, at 22:05 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 (B1093) previously supported four Starlink missions.