SpaceX Starlink 129 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 29 December 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-129 / Starlink 6-36) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 29 December 2023, at 04:01 UTC (28 December, at 23:01 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 (B1069) previously supported 11 missions: CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 15, SES-18/SES-19 and seven Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX