SpaceX Starlink 120 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 8 November 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-120 / Starlink 6-27) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 8 November 2023, at 05:05 UTC (00:05 EST). 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 ten missions: Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, SES-22, Hakuto-R M1, CRS-27 and six Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX