SpaceX Starlink 143 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 4 March 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-143 / Starlink 6-41) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 4 March 2024, at 23:56 UTC (18:56 EST). 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 (B1073) previously supported 12 missions: Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, SES-22, Hakuto-R M1, CRS-27 and 8 Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX