SpaceX Starlink 181 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 28 July 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-181 / Starlink 10-4) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 28 July 2024, at 05:09 UTC (01:09 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 13 missions: Crew-5, GPS III SV06, Inmarsat-6 F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, NG-20 and 7 Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX