SpaceX Starlink 269 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 4 June 2025
Jun 5, 2025
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 27 Starlink satellites (Starlink-269 / Starlink 11-22) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 4 June 2025, at 23:40 UTC (16:40 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 25 missions: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, OneWeb 19/Iridium-9, SDA Tranche 0B (SDA-0B), NROL-113, NROL-167, NROL-149 and 17 Starlink missions.