SpaceX Pulls Off Cross-Country Falcon 9 Doubleheader, Lands Both Boosters

SpaceX executed a cross-country doubleheader Sunday, launching two Falcon 9 rockets to deploy a total of 54 Starlink satellites (25 on the California mission from Vandenberg and 29 on the Florida mission from Cape Canaveral). The west coast first stage, supporting Starlink 17-23, completed its 20th flight and landed on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You, while the east coast booster, on its 26th flight, landed on Just Read the Instructions after deploying the 29 satellites, signaling further cadence and booster reuse as SpaceX expands its Starlink network.