On Saturday, October 15 at 1:22 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

This was the third launch and landing of this booster, which previously supported the launch of CRS-24 and one Starlink mission.