{"id":9843,"date":"2025-05-23T20:13:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-completes-450th-falcon-booster-landing-during-friday-starlink-mission\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T20:13:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:13:38","slug":"spacex-completes-450th-falcon-booster-landing-during-friday-starlink-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-completes-450th-falcon-booster-landing-during-friday-starlink-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX completes 450th Falcon booster landing during Friday Starlink mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_69745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69745\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69745\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250523_450th_Falcon_booster_landing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250523_450th_Falcon_booster_landing.jpg 876w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250523_450th_Falcon_booster_landing-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250523_450th_Falcon_booster_landing-678x306.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250523_450th_Falcon_booster_landing-768x347.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SpaceX Falcon 9 booster 1075 touches down on the droneship, \u2018Of Course I Still Love you,\u2019 during the Starlink 11-16 mission. This marked the 450th landing of a Falcon booster to date. Image: SpaceX via broadcast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Update May 23, 7 p.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its first stage booster on the droneship.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s 450th successful booster landing.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California happened at 3:32 p.m. PDT (6:32 p.m. EDT, 2232 UTC).<\/p>\n<p>The mission, dubbed Starlink 11-16, carried 27 satellites onboard. With this flight, SpaceX has launched a total of 8,700 Starlink satellites into orbit, of which more than 7,500 remain in orbit, according to expert orbital tracker, Jonathan McDowell.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/84dv5yW8et8\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX used Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number B1075, which made its 18th flight. It\u2019s previous missions include Transporter-11, SARah-2 and 14 batches of Starlink satellites.<\/p>\n<p>A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1075 landed on the droneship, \u2018Of Course I Still Love You.\u2019 In addition to the 450th booster landing, this was the 131st booster landing for OCISLY and the 361st droneship landing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX Falcon 9 booster 1075 touches down on the droneship, \u2018Of Course I Still Love you,\u2019 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. 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