Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The SpaceX spacecraft company successfully launched two dozen satellites into low-Earth orbit Monday on its latest Falcon 9 mission of the year.
The SpaceX rocket took off from Space Launch Complex 4 East, or SLC-4E, at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 12:27 p.m. EDT.
The Falcon 9's payload consisted of 24 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, which provide high-speed internet.
It was the ninth flight for the first stage booster used in the mission, which has previously supported four different Starlink placement missions, in addition to other low-Earth orbit tasks.
After the rocket stages separated, its first stage returned to Earth and landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, positioned in the Pacific Ocean, marking the 145th booster landing on the droneship and the 489th booster landing overall.
