SpaceX Starlink 423 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 13 October 2026

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 27 Starlink satellites (Starlink-423 / Starlink 15-25) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 13 October 2026, at 00:28 UTC (12 October, at 17:28 PDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Pacific O …