SpaceX Lands Falcon 9 After 100th Orbital Mission, Adding 29 Starlink Satellites
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Updated · Spaceflight Now · Aug 21
SpaceX Lands Falcon 9 After 100th Orbital Mission, Adding 29 Starlink Satellites
3 articles · Updated · Spaceflight Now · Aug 21
Summary
B1100 touched down on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You about 8.5 minutes after liftoff, capping SpaceX’s 100th orbital mission of 2026.
The Falcon 9 launched from Vandenberg at 12:25 a.m. PDT on the Starlink 15-20 mission, deploying 29 broadband satellites into low Earth orbit.
B1100 was flying for the ninth time after one NRO mission and seven earlier Starlink launches, underscoring SpaceX’s continued booster reuse.
The landing was the 220th on that droneship and the 653rd Falcon booster recovery overall, as Elon Musk said Starlink now has more than 11,000 satellites in orbit.