SpaceX Starlink 111 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 5 October 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 22 Starlink satellites (Starlink-111 / Starlink 6-21) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 5 October 2023, at 05:36 UTC (01:36 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 (B1076) previously supported seven missions: CRS-26, OneWeb 16, Intelsat IS-40e and four Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX