SpaceX Starlink 87 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 12 June 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 53 Starlink satellites (Starlink-87 / Starlink 5-11) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 12 June 2023, at 07:10 UTC (08:20 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 (B1073) previously supported eight missions: Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, SES-22, Hakuto-R M1, CRS-27 and four Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX