On Monday, January 31 at 6:11 PM EST, SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 with the Italian Space Agency's COSMO-SkyMed mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket's booster came home for a touchdown at Landing Zone-1 located on Florida's Space Coast.

This was the third launch and landing of this particular booster, which previously launches the Arabsat-6A and STP-2 Falcon Heavy missions. This launch was delayed twice due to weather and what's called a "wayward" Royal Caribbean cruise ship that was in the danger zone during the launch window.