Falcon 9 (B1088, 16th Flight) Launches 24 Starlink Sats from Vandenberg — 68th Mission of 2026; OCISLY Celebrates 200th Booster Touchdown

SpaceX Falcon 9 booster B1088 (16th flight) lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on June 1, 2026, carrying 24 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to low Earth orbit on a polar trajectory. The mission was originally scheduled for June 2 before moving forward. The first stage performed a downrange burn and landed on the autonomous spaceport drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' (OCISLY) in the Pacific Ocean — OCISLY's 200th booster touchdown, its second century milestone after reaching 100 landings in 2023. The recovery marks the 619th cumulative SpaceX booster landing across the entire Falcon fleet. This is SpaceX's 68th orbital mission of 2026, continuing the company's record-pace launch cadence: 67 missions through May set a single-month record (14 in May alone). B1088 previously flew its 15th flight on April 26 (Starlink 17-16, Vandenberg, OCISLY 193rd). The active Starlink constellation now exceeds approximately 10,558 satellites in orbit, maintaining SpaceX's dominance with approximately 85% of global mass to orbit.