A Falcon 9 rocket took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday morning.
SpaceX targeted 10:19 a.m. for the launch of the Korea 425 mission.
WATCH:
Watch Falcon 9 launch the Korea 425 mission to orbit https://t.co/B75A0jWws6
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 1, 2023
SpaceX officials say there are a total of 25 spacecraft on board this mission, including KOREA's 425, Space BD’s ISL48, SITAEL’s uHETSat, D-Orbit’s ION SCV Daring Diego, York Space Systems’ Bane, and PlanetIQ’s GNOMES-4.
This is the 17th flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar FM15, ISI EROS C-3, and seven Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage landed back at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on Landing Zone 4, completing our 250th landing of a Falcon first stage booster pic.twitter.com/ZkOjq4hNRy
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 1, 2023
This is SpaceX's 25th launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base this year.
