SpaceX Starlink 128 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 19 December 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-128 / Starlink 6-34) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 19 December 2023, at 04:01 UTC (18 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 (B1081) previously supported two missions: Crew-7 and CRS-29. Credit: SpaceX