SpaceX Starlink 146 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 16 March 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-146 / Starlink 6-44) to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 16 March 2024, at 00:21 UTC (15 March, at 20:21 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 (B1062) previously supported 18 missions: GPS III SV04, GPS III SV05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb 17, ARABSAT BADR-8 and 11 Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX