SpaceX Starlink 96 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 7 August 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 22 Starlink satellites (Starlink-96 / Starlink 6-8) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida, on 7 August 2023, at 02:41 UTC (6 August, at 22:41 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 three missions: Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER and one Starlink mission. Credit: SpaceX