SpaceX Starlink 102 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 1 September 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 22 Starlink satellites (Starlink-102 / Starlink 6-13) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida, on 1 September 2023, at 02:21 UTC (31 August, at 22:21 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1077) previously supported six missions: Crew-5, GPS III SV06, Inmarsat-6 F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37 and one Starlink mission. Credit: SpaceX