The Falcon 9 landed perfectly after delivering 72 satellites to orbit.
Monday after the launch. The video features crisp footage of the booster coming down at Vandenberg's Landing Zone-4 , just downrange of the launch pad. The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket comes down for a landing at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 12, 2023 after launching the Transporter-8 rideshare mission. It was SpaceX's 200th rocket landing after an orbital launch.makes its final descent burn to slow its trajectory before landing.
Rocket launch viewing at Vandenberg is typically hit or miss, as the area's facilities are often covered in thick fog. SpaceX's Transporter-8 launch was fortunate enough to lift off against the backdrop of clear skies, making the Falcon 9 return footage that much better. Even the dust kicked up from the single engine used for landing wasn't enough to fully obscure the rocket's picture-perfect mission success.
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