The first stage (booster) of the Falcon 9 returned to Earth around eight minutes after lift-off. The booster successfully landed on A Shortfall of Gravitas, a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean for the re-entry process.

The Falcon 9 rocket will send up Starlink 12-9 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, stated SpaceX . The launch window opens at 1:23 p.m. ET and closes at 5:08 p.m. ET.

Feb. 2 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched 22 more Starlink satellites, this time from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from pad 4E at 3:02 p.m. PST Saturday. About eight minutes later, the first stage returned to Earth and touched down in the Pacific Ocean on the SpaceX's drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You."

SpaceX on Saturday launched 21 more Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station into lower Earth orbit on a sunny afternoon after the private company's plans to fly Friday were scrubbed.

SpaceX is readying for a Saturday afternoon launch of a Falcon 9 rocket that is set to send more than 20 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.