SpaceX Starlink 106 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 16 September 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 22 Starlink satellites (Starlink-106 / Starlink 6-16) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 16 September 2023, at 03:38 UTC (15 September, at 23:38 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 (B1078) previously supported four missions: Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER and two Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX