SpaceX Starlink 169 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 28 May 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-169 / Starlink 6-60) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 28 May 2024, at 14:24 UTC (10:24 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 (B1078) previously supported 9 missions: Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER, USSF-124 and 6 Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX