Falcon 9 launches SAOCOM 1 B Falcon 9 first stage landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SAOCOM 1B spacecraft, along with the rideshare payloads Tyvak0172 and PlanetiQs GNOMES1, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on 30 August 2020, at 23:18 UTC (19:18 EDT). SAOCOM 1B is an Earth observation satellite (Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas, Argentine Microwaves Observation Satellite). Following stage separation, Falcon 9s first stage (B1059) landed on Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Block 5 booster previously launched Dragon to the International Space Station for CRS19 and CRS20, and SpaceXs ninth Starlink mission. Credit: SpaceX