The rocket's first stage came back to Earth about 8.5 minutes later as planned, touching down on the SpaceX drone ship "A Shortfall of Gravitas," which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. It was the eighth launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base this evening (June 4), carrying 27 Starlink satellites for the company's growing wireless internet constellation.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches SiriusXM's SXM-10 satellite at 12:54 a.m. Saturday, June 7, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.