SpaceX Starlink 168 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 24 May 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-168 / Starlink 6-63) to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 24 May 2024, at 02:45 UTC (23 May, at 22:45 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 (B1077) previously supported 12 missions: Crew-5, GPS III SV06, Inmarsat-6 F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, NG-20 and 6 Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX