SpaceX launched the Transporter-8 rideshare mission on Monday, June 12, 2023, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California. Falcon 9 is lofting 72 payloads of varying sizes and purposes into a Sun-synchronous orbit. The launch occurred at 2:35 PDT (21:35 UTC).
The booster landed at LZ-4, marking the 200th recovery of a Falcon booster, the 126th consecutive successful landing since SpaceX last lost a booster.