SpaceX launches new Starlink batch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, nails landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 51 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 3, 2023.

"The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar FM15, ISI EROS C-3 and two Starlink missions," according to SpaceX. The first stage landed on the "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship in the Pacific Ocean several minutes after separation.

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