SpaceX launches 72 satellites in 2nd mission of day, nails 200th landing!

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Transporter-8 mission from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 12, 2023. Full Story: The rocket’s first stage touched down back at Vandenberg several minutes after separation for the company’s 200th landing of an orbital class rocket. Earlier in the day, SpaceX launched a new Starlink batch from Florida. See that launch here: Credit: SpaceX