SpaceX Starlink 142 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 29 February 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-142 / Starlink 6-40) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 29 February 2024, at 15:30 UTC (10:30 EST). 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 (B1076) previously supported 10 missions: CRS-26, OneWeb 16, Intelsat IS-40e, SES O3b mPOWER 5 & 6, Ovzon 3 and five Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX