SpaceX Starlink 127 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 8 December 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 22 Starlink satellites (Starlink-127 / Starlink 7-8) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 8 December 2023, at 08:03 UTC (00:03 PST). 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 (B1071) previously supported 12 missions: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9 and six Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX