SpaceX Launches 24 Starlink Satellites on First Falcon 9 Mission Since Nasdaq Debut

3 articles · Updated · Spaceflight Now · Jun 15

Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg at 8:34 a.m. PDT on the Starlink 17-54 mission, carrying 24 broadband satellites into low Earth orbit.
The launch was SpaceX's first Falcon 9 flight since its Nasdaq debut and expanded the Starlink constellation with another batch of internet satellites.
Booster B1093 flew for a 14th time and landed a little more than eight minutes after liftoff on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific.
That recovery marked the 203rd landing on that vessel and SpaceX's 624th booster landing, underscoring the company's reuse-driven launch cadence.

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