OneWeb 19 / Iridium-9 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched to low-Earth orbit 5 Iridium NEXT satellites (Iridium-9), 15 OneWeb satellites (OneWeb 19), and the JoeySat demonstration satellite, from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 20 May 2023, at 13:16 UTC (06:16 PDT). 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 (B1063) previously supported ten missions: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7 and seven Starlink missions. Credit: Iridium/OneWeb/SpaceX #OneWeb 19 launch