Dec. 14 (UPI) -- SpaceX landed its 550th reusable fuel booster rocket following a late night Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California Saturday.
The mission added another 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to SpaceX's growing fleet of broadband internet satellites in low-Earth orbit. It lifted off at 9:49 p.m. PST.
Watch Falcon 9 launch 27 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California https://t.co/yWYhFKUb24— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 14, 2025
About 8.5 minutes following the launch, the fuel booster, B1093, landed on the SpaceX drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You," stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
It was the 170th landing on this drone ship, and the 451st overall SpaceX drone landing.
