SpaceX Starlink 108 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 24 September 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 22 Starlink satellites (Starlink-108 / Starlink 6-18) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 24 September 2023, at 03:38 UTC (23 September, at 23:38 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1060) previously supported sixteen missions: Transporter-2, GPS-III Space Vehicle 03, Turksat-5A, Intelsat G-33/G-34, Transporter-6 and 11 Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX