SpaceX Launch From Vandenberg Leads to 450th Falcon Landing

SpaceX Launch From Vandenberg Leads to 450th Falcon Landing

A routine liftoff at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday afternoon launched the three-day holiday weekend and set a milestone for the Falcon 9 rocket program.  The two-stage rocket manufactured by SpaceX blasted off at 3:32 p.m. from Space Launch Complex-4 on the South Base. The rocket carried another 27 Starlink satellites, which deployed approximately one hour after departure, according to SpaceX. The first-stage booster returned to the dron…

SpaceX completes 450th Falcon booster landing during Friday Starlink mission – Spaceflight Now

SpaceX Falcon 9 booster 1075 touches down on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love you,’ during the Starlink 11-16 mission. This marked the 450th landing of a Falcon booster to date. Image: SpaceX via broadcast Update May 23, 7 p.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its first stage booster on the droneship. SpaceX sent another a batch of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Friday afternoon. The mission also had the distinction of…

SpaceX completes 450th Falcon booster landing during Friday Starlink mission

Update May 23, 7 p.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its first stage booster on the droneship. SpaceX sent another a batch of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Friday afternoon. The mission also had the distinction of being the company’s 450th successful booster…

On May 23, 2025, SpaceX successfully completed the 450th landing of the Falcon 9 first stage as part of the Starlink mission. The launch took place from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where the rocket placed another batch of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage, numbered B1075, which completed its 18th flight, landed safely on the Of Course I unmanned platform... The post SpaceX Celebrates 450th Falcon 9 Landing, E…

SpaceX Celebrates 450th Successful Booster Landing with Latest Starlink Launch

timesng.com: VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, California — SpaceX successfully landed its Falcon 9 first stage booster on a droneship Friday afternoon while launching a batch of 27 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. This mission marked the company’s 450th successful booster landing. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 3:32 […] This post SpaceX Celebrates 450th Successful Booster Landing with Latest Starlink Laun…